'He's possessed!': Mother tries to 'toss baby boy off sea wall to rid him of imaginary snakes'

A mother was arrested after police said she tried to throw her child into Florida's Clearwater Harbor.



A half-naked Lydia Chako, 39, reportedly dangled her three-month old boy over the ebbing water, claiming the child was 'covered in snakes and lizards.'



In the nick of time, police were able to grab the infant away and Chako was arrested for child abuse on Tuesday, April 17.



Mother: Florida resident Lydia Chako, 39, was arrested after police said she tried to throw her three-month old boy into Clearwater Harbor

Saved: Police found Chako half-naked at this sea wall, dangling her baby boy

Earlier in the day, the property manager of Chako's Clearwater apartment thought something was awry at the household when it was flooded.



Upon entering the apartment, Chako was shouting bizarre comments and began to throw things, according to ABC .

Chako allegedly told the manager that her child was covered in lizards and snakes and she was doing everything in her power to 'keep the demons out.'



Before she could be stopped, Chako rushed out of the apartment, carrying the boy his feet, and ran to the sea wall at the end of the street.



Intervention: Police were called to the scene after her landlord found her in her flooded apartment, shouting bizarre things

No Lifeguard on Duty: Police were able to get the baby away from Chako before she tossed him in the water

The manager called police, who found her half-naked at the sea wall, dangling her boy upside down.



After a brief struggle, police were able to distract her and get the boy away before she was able to throw it in the water.



Police said that both the baby and Chako were unharmed, and the boy was not covered in snakes or lizards.



Chako has been taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation and was charged with child abuse.



Snakes? Rolled up caution tape and a fish tank were found outside Chako's home Lizards: She believed the boy was covered in snakes and lizards

Neighbors were confused by the incident.



'That baby was her pride and joy,' neighbor Martisha Kelly told ABC. 'That's what I really don't understand.'



Police believe Chako flooded the apartment in order to harm her baby and then rushed off to the harbor to finish what she started.

