A Wichita Falls man told police that he thought he was a snake before biting an officer on the hand, the Wichita Falls Times Record News reports.

David Young III (Wichita County Sheriff's Office)

Police believe that David Young III, 45, was under the influence of narcotics when they say he committed the "cold-blooded" crime in February.

Young was arrested last week on two counts of assault on a public servant.

According to an arrest-warrant affidavit obtained by the newspaper, police were called to a home around 9 a.m. Feb. 27 after a report of an assault. They entered the home after seeing blood spatter around the residence and came across Young coming out of a bathroom, yelling and swinging his arms in the air.

Young seemed to be hallucinating and insisted that he was a snake, police said.

As the officers placed him in handcuffs, Young spat at them, then kicked one officer and bit another on his right hand, the affidavit says.

The officer was treated at a hospital for the bite.

Young also was taken to a hospital for treatment. A warrant was issued for his arrest on April 16, and he remains in the Wichita County jail with bail set at $52,008.