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The video tells the story of the Great Cobra Scare of 1953, when several deadly Indian cobras were found loose in Springfield, Missouri. The video reveals that the cobras were accidentally released by a 14-year-old boy named Carl Barnett, who was angry at a pet shop owner named Reo Mowrer for selling him a dead fish. The video also describes how the town reacted to the snake outbreak, how the police and the city manager tried to deal with it, and how the media covered it. The video ends with Barnett confessing his role in the scare 35 years later, and promoting Storyblocks as a sponsor.
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1. Police in Springfield, MO responded to an animal disturbance call on August 15, 1953 and found a snake with an odd shape that was killed by a homeowner.
2. The snake was identified as a harmless garter snake with a birth defect by Reo Mowrer, the owner of an exotic pet shop nearby.
3. A week later, another snake of the same kind was killed by another homeowner across the street from the first incident.
4. This time, the snake was identified as a deadly Indian Cobra by Herbert Condray, a science teacher at a junior high school.
5. Police visited Mowrer's shop and found out that he did keep cobras, but he denied that the loose snakes came from his business.
6. Bill Swinea, the director of the Springfield Zoo, and Professor T.M. Parson of Drury College confirmed that the cobras had their fangs removed but new ones were growing back.
7. On August 31, two more cobras were found and killed in town, sparking public panic and media attention.
8. On September 1, William E. Hansen took office as the city manager and had to deal with the snake crisis as his first challenge.
9. Police gave Mowrer an ultimatum to move his snakes out of town or lose his business license. He agreed to transport them to a storage facility on West Highway 66.
10. The public demanded to close Mowrer's shop and disclose the location of his snakes. They also organized a city-wide snake hunt with no success.
11. On September 8, another cobra was found and killed behind Mowrer's shop. He tried to hide the carcass but police seized it.
12. On September 10, a two-year-old boy was bitten by a harmless snake and police were flooded with prank calls reporting fake cobra sightings.
13. On September 11, vigilantes planned to burn down Mowrer's shop but police prevented them.
14. On September 12, another cobra was killed on St. Louis St., where Mowrer's shop was located.
15. On September 13, a cobra was cornered and killed by three bird dogs at a plumbing and heating company near Mowrer's shop.
16. On October 1, another cobra was found and caught alive by a man and a police officer using a pickle jar.
17. Police announced that the hunt was over after accounting for 12 cobras, assuming that one unidentified snake was also a cobra.
18. In 1988, Carl Barnett confessed that he was responsible for releasing the cobras in town when he was 14 years old as revenge for Mowrer selling him a dead fish.
19. Reo Mowrer died before hearing the confession and maintained his innocence until the end.