18-05-2025
Unexpected intruder bursts through shed roof as homeowner watches TV
Like many other nights, snake catcher Summer Woolston packed up her car on Thursday and headed to a Queensland home to retrieve an unexpected intruder. However, the standard call-out quickly took a turn when the owner of the property in Brisbane's north regaled her with quite the story — and shocking footage to back it up.
The video presented to Summer shows an enormous coastal carpet python suddenly push through the insulation in the resident's shed and dangle from the roof for several seconds before falling to the ground unharmed. The clip was captured about a year ago, but it appears the snake liked what he saw in the converted man cave.
'I went to his property to catch the exact same snake! It had been living in his shed this whole time,' Summer told Yahoo News.
The three-metre python first greeted the homeowner one night as he was relaxing and watching some TV in his makeshift sanctuary.
'The homeowner was pretty relaxed about the whole situation and was comfortable keeping his distance and getting that cool video,' Summer, who works for Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7, said. 'He mentioned that he did get a [different] snake catcher out but the snake didn't end up being caught.'
Despite its best efforts, the python was finally evicted this week, with Summer relocating the 'gentle giant' to nearby wetlands.
The footage of the snake bursting through the man's roof has left hundreds of thousands of Aussies in awe.
Some declared they would've locked the shed door and never entered again, or even moved house. Others related to the clip. One man who claimed to have had the exact same encounter shared a video of a huge carpet python trying to balance on a ceiling ledge in his shed.
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Snake season — which typically runs from September to April — is officially over, but Aussies are continuing to spot the occasional reptile out and about. On Wednesday a venomous red-belly black snake was seen crossing a busy road to get to Bondi Beach.
Urban Reptile Removal founder Chris Williams, who secured the wild animal, told Yahoo finding a red-belly in the area is 'extremely rare'. 'It would be a translocation. Red-bellies are known for being a species that's quite good at hitching a ride on the bottom of cars, so I'd say that's how he ended up there,' he said.
It's been a hectic season for snake catchers. Rolly Burrell, who has been relocating reptiles in Adelaide for 50 years, recently told Yahoo it was his busiest year yet.
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