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{"source_url": "https://www.usnews.com", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2020-01-01/they-were-heating-up-a-frozen-pizza-and-a-snake", "title": "They Were Heating up a Frozen Pizza - and a Snake", "top_image": "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "meta_img": "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "images": ["https://www.usnews.com/static-atlas/assets/img/news/best-states/logos/best_states_logo_2.svg", "https://www.usnews.com/static/images/favicon.ico", "https://www.usnews.com/static/img/usn-logo-large.svg"], "movies": [], "text": "WAKE FORREST, N.C. (AP) \u2014 A couple in North Carolina say they popped a frozen pizza into the oven only to discover that a snake was burning inside about 10 minutes later.\n\nAmber Helm told the Raleigh News & Observer Wednesday that her family had hoped to have an easy dinner on Monday night in Wake Forrest.\n\nBut Helm said the oven started smoking and smelling terrible as they waited for their pizza to cook.\n\n\u201cI opened up the oven and thought \u2018is that part of the oven?\u2019 I looked more closely and it was a snake,'\u201d she said.\n\nShe said she left the pizza behind and took her young sons out to eat. Her husband stayed behind to deal with the snake.\n\n\u201cI put the oven on self clean after I pulled that crispy critter out,\u201d Robert Helm said.\n\nThe snake was about 18 inches long and the diameter of a quarter.\n\nThe Helms said their oven had been snake free when they baked a ham on Christmas.\n\nTheir worry now is how the snake got into the house.\n\n\u201cI have two little boys so I\u2019m just so concerned,\u201d Amber Helm said. \u201cEvery time I see a shadow I\u2019m like freaking out.\u201d", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["Associated Press", "North Carolina", "North Carolina News"], "tags": [], "authors": [], "publish_date": "Wed Jan  1 00:00:00 2020", "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "WAKE FORREST, N.C. (AP) \u2014 A couple in North Carolina say they popped a frozen pizza into the oven only to discover that a snake was burning inside about 10 minutes later.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/static/images/favicon.ico", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0", "description": "WAKE FORREST, N.C. (AP) \u2014 A couple in North Carolina say they popped a frozen pizza into the oven only to discover that a snake was burning inside about 10 minutes later.", "keywords": "Associated Press,North Carolina,North Carolina News", "site": "beststates", "zone": "statenews/articles", "fb": {"pages": 5834919267, "app_id": 130063997038366}, "og": {"title": "They Were Heating up a Frozen Pizza - and a Snake", "description": "A couple in North Carolina say they popped a frozen pizza into the oven only to discover that a snake was burning inside about 10 minutes later.", "type": "article", "site_name": "US News & World Report", "url": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2020-01-01/they-were-heating-up-a-frozen-pizza-and-a-snake"}, "twitter": {"card": "summary_large_image", "site": "@USNews", "title": "They Were Heating up a Frozen Pizza - and a Snake", "description": "A couple in North Carolina say they popped a frozen pizza into the oven only to discover that a snake was burning inside about 10 minutes later."}, "google-site-verification": "owJBuFHD3VHcTSsnPSOYizmUcs3GSBjbx09vBbBi1MM", "msvalidate.01": "A8E47FA91124063A4A9C78AD5273DC0F", "optimizely": "Optimizely is supported by this application but is not enabled for this page."}, "canonical_link": "https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2020-01-01/they-were-heating-up-a-frozen-pizza-and-a-snake"}