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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...