Some areas of north Alabama were affected by a power outage on Wednesday – which was eventually traced to a snake.

The Marshall/DeKalb Electric Cooperative, which serves about 19,000 customers, reported the outage shortly before noon. Areas in and around Boaz were affected by the outage.  At first, the problem was believed to have originated with TVA.   Then, the cooperative notified its customers – via social media – that the culprit was actually a lot closer to home.

According to a Social Media Post by the company – “We located the problem, and thought we would share it with our members – look close.  A snake made his way into the Albertville Primary Substation and knocked out the majority of our system.  Thank you to everyone for being patient.”

The story and photos inspired interesting comments, including: “He looks shocked,” Israel Burgess, and the now popular phrase   “Fried snake for supper,” courtesy of Greg Leach.

(www.AL.COM)