Nearly 10,000 North Carolina residents were left in the dark on Monday, May 5, after a black snake came into contact with some equipment at a North Carolina power substation.

According to Duke Energy officials, the power outage was caused by a black snake. “I feel sorry for the snake cause he was probably just trying to be warm,” said Duke Energy customer, Jamichael Daye.

DURHAM, N.C. — Last week, two separate incidents where a snake snuck into a Duke Energy substation caused power outages in parts of North Carolina ... was caused by a black snake, according ...

Over 10,000 people in North Carolina were without power earlier ... and WNCN that it may have actually been caused by a snake. “Crews found a black snake had come into contact with power lines ...

Snakes do it, too. And 38 snake species in North Carolina, now’s the time of year when we are more likely to run into them. But generally speaking, most of our state’s snakes are nonvenmous ...

One little snake caused a big problem for over 10,000 people in North Carolina this week ... “Crews found a black snake had come into contact with power lines in the substation, which is ...