Snakes Cause City-Wide Power Outage in Coleman

 

COLEMAN, TX -- The city of Coleman had a short power outage Wednesday due to something strange. 

On June 12, the city of Coleman's electricity shut off at around 10:30 p.m. 

AEP was called in to determine what caused the outage. According to KTXS, there was a technical difficulty with the AEP substation that transmits electricity into the town.

When AEP went to look at the substation, they found multiple snakes inside causing a short circuit. 

The snakes were removed and the power was restored at around 11:10 p.m. 

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