Aussie woman 'freaks out' after unexpected intruder crawls through bed
Imagine crawling into bed, turning off the lights and settling under the covers, only to feel something suddenly slither across your body. It's the kind of nightmare that keeps some people awake.
However, for one Aussie, the frightening dream became a reality last Friday night after she reached under her sheets and felt a snake's tail near her leg. The woman was just settling in for the night at her home on Bribie Island, Queensland, when she made the startling discovery, Summer Woolston, from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7, told Yahoo News Australia.
'Honestly when she called me, I was like, 'I'm so sorry, and I laughed'. She was laughing too,' Summer said. 'It's the kind of situation that people think about — 'imagine if you're sleeping and a snake slid over you' — and it literally happened to her.'
Luckily the woman was familiar with snakes as she had previously owned them as pets, but the carpet python's sleepover wasn't exactly welcomed.
'I feel like anybody, even I would probably get a bit of a spook if I unexpectedly woke up to a snake in pitch black in the middle of the night… but yeah, she was definitely quite freaked out,' the snake catcher told Yahoo.
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Trying to remain somewhat calm, the woman slowly moved off her bed, took her dogs out of the room and called for help. But when she returned just minutes later, she spotted the python trying to wriggle through an open socket.
'It's pretty normal for a snake to get startled as well by seeing either a human or dogs, and then just find the closest getaway point,' Summer explained, adding she believes the creature knew 'exactly' where to go to retreat.
'I feel like it came from there because it's such a specific spot, and it was kind of behind the bed.'
After it entered the wall, the chances of catching the snake became very slim as it had the opportunity to venture anywhere around the home, including the roof. Because of this, the woman opted to cover the socket so it couldn't get back in and let the python go about its business.
Much to her surprise, the very next day she entered her bedroom again to find the cheeky snake lounging on her dresser.
Puzzled as to how it got back in, the woman called for help again and a snake catcher was sent out to retrieve the uninvited guest who was later released in nearby bushland.
'She doesn't know where it came from again. She's thinking possibly through a vent or something.'
Despite the unusual encounter, Summer said the woman responded well. 'Everything she did was perfect — she got her dogs out, she didn't touch the snake.'
After Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 posted details about the callout on social media, some locals argued that the resident should have grabbed the python by the tail as it crawled into her wall. However, doing so is illegal if you don't have the appropriate licence.
'Also, if you were to grab a snake when most of its body is in a wall like that, it can just cling on to anything — their muscles are crazy. If she grabbed it, it probably just would have clung on to something and gone further in,' Summer told Yahoo.
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