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Homeowner Hears Hissing in Cabinet—Not Prepared for What She Finds Inside

Homeowner Hears Hissing in Cabinet—Not Prepared for What She Finds Inside

Summary

A woman mistook the hissing sound of a SodaStream machine for a snake in her kitchen cabinet, which led her to call her husband home urgently. She realized later that the hissing noise came from accidentally pressing the SodaStream button. Her story went viral on Instagram, with many users sharing similar experiences with mistaken sounds.

Key Facts

  • A woman heard hissing while organizing her kitchen cabinet and thought it was a snake.
  • She asked her husband to come home to handle the situation.
  • The sound was actually from a SodaStream machine, not a snake.
  • The video of this incident had close to 850,000 views on Instagram.
  • The SodaStream hisses when CO2 is injected into drinks to make them fizzy.
  • Instagram users shared similar stories of mistaken sounds online.
  • Venomous snakes in the U.S. include rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths, and coral snakes.
  • The CDC reports about 8,000 venomous snake bites occur annually in the U.S., with around five fatalities each year.

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