DES MOINES, Iowa —

In early August, a Facebook post excited the Waterbury neighborhood.

A local resident glimpsed what looked to be a big snake in tree branches .

Since then, it's been quiet, says Sgt. Paul Parizek.

"We haven't had any other reports of the snake being seen, and we haven't captured any snakes," says Parizek.

Parizek says there was a handful of city staff on the hunt.

"We put a considerable amount of effort into it. We had our animal control officers and some other staff out there spend several hours, going through the neighborhood, going through the woods over there at places where you might expect to find a snake," Parizek says.

The staff got some extra help.

"We actually enlisted the help of some snake-sniffing dogs. And, that was something we hadn't had any exp

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