MAHWAH - Power outages happen for a variety of reasons: faulty wiring, the weather, even a snake.

Yes, a snake was the cause of a power outage Monday at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel on International Boulevard that lasted more than four hours.

Orange & Rockland spokeswoman Sophia Salas confirmed that a 3-foot snake got into an underground electrical box on the hotel's property that led to the outage at approximately 11:11 a.m.

Salas said the power was restored at 3:25 p.m., but the snake did not survive in the incident. No details on the species of snake.

She also said no one was evacuated from the hotel, and only the hotel was affected by the outage.

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