The end of a man who lived with 124 snakes in his house

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A Maryland man, who lived with more than 124 large snakes in his home, was found dead in January.

An autopsy revealed that he died of accidental snake poisoning, or a snakebite, NBC News reported.

Authorities visited the home for a health check when they discovered the body of 49-year-old David Reston.

Upon entering, they also realized that Reston had 124 "meticulously groomed" pythons throughout the house.

Among those were some rattlesnakes, cobras, black mambas, and a 14-foot Burmese python, among others.

"No one appears to have known that he harbored snakes inside the house," Charles County spokeswoman Jennifer Harris said of the Reston residence.

She noted that some of the venomous snakes found are prohibited as "house animals" by state law.

Harris emphasized that there was no concern about the snake escaping from its cage.

"We don't expect there to be any security issue with any of the snakes escaping," she said.

Noting that the man "was known by his neighbors in the community, but basically no one inside his house knew this aspect of his life."

However, recent findings from the state's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner indicate that the fatal sting scenario may have been exactly what happened to Reston.

The house was evacuated after death, and the snakes were distributed to different farms, and professional snake collectors, and the police needed to warm their cars first before transporting them to the snakes, a large part of which came from warm regions, and was exposed to death from the cold.

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