http://www.newsweek.com/large-snake-stops-traffic-cutting-power-virginia-intersection-1798086

Traffic was brought to a grinding halt in Prince William County, Virginia, after a large snake caused a power outage at a busy intersection this week.

The snake had slithered into the breaker box that controls the traffic lights between Prince William Parkway and Sudley Manor Drive in the area—which lies close to Washington D.C.—and had somehow meddled with the wires.