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It sounds like something out of a movie, but in the summer of 1953, Springfield residents were on edge after a shipment of deadly cobras escaped into the city.

Sean FitzGibbons from the History Museum on the Square shares how the bizarre event unfolded and why the story still fascinates locals today.

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