Australian woman finds 8-foot python on her chest in bedroom at night
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“Oh, baby. Don’t move. There’s an 8-foot python on you.”
An Australian woman discovered a massive carpet python wrapped around her chest after the snake entered her second-floor bedroom in Brisbane, Queensland, in the middle of the night.
Rachel Bloor said she initially believed the heaviness in her stomach and chest was caused by her dog lying on top of her. However, when he reached under the covers, he felt something soft moving under his hand and realized it wasn’t his pet.
“I realized with horror that it wasn’t my dog,” Bloor said. he told the BBC.
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Although carpet pythons are non-venomous, they can be lethal to their prey due to their constriction. (WTVT)
The 8-foot-long snake, or roughly 2.5 meters, entered the bedroom Monday night, according to the report.
Bloor said she immediately woke her husband and asked him to turn on the lights.
“He says, ‘Oh, baby. Don’t move. There’s an 8-foot python on top of you,'” she recalls.
His first concern, Bloor said, was to get the family dogs out of the room before things escalated.
“I thought if my Dalmatian realized there was a snake there, there would be a massacre,” he said.
After her husband sent the dogs away, Bloor carefully tried to get out from under the covers.
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Instead of calling professionals, Rachel Bloor calmly handled the nearly 2-foot carpet python on her own. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
“I kind of walked out,” he said.
Instead of calling a professional snake catcher, Bloor said he remained calm and removed the large reptile from the bedroom through the window.
“I caught it,” he said, adding that the python “didn’t seem too scared.”
“It was kind of dangling in my hand,” he said.
Bloor suspects the snake entered through the blinds on his window and crawled onto the bed while he was sleeping.
“It was so big that even though it was curled up on top of me, part of its tail was still outside the shutter,” he said.
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Bloor said it was just “sort of mixed in with the side.” (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
It was determined that the snake belonged to a carpet python, which is a non-venomous snake. Coastal regions of Australia.
Despite the frightening encounter, Bloor said he was relieved it wasn’t just another animal.
“Frogs scare me” he said.
Snake catcher Kurt Whyte told ABC News It is stated that snake activity increases as the breeding season ends and the eggs begin to hatch.
“Obviously, with this warm weather, we’re seeing a lot of them getting out and enjoying the sun,” Whyte said. he said.
Whyte added that snake populations are not necessarily increasing, but sightings are becoming more common. housing developments Expand into the Australian bushlands.
“They need to find places to live, and our backyards offer the perfect living environment,” he said.
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He warned that shared home features could provide easy access to snakes seeking shelter.
“Unfortunately, the gaps in our garage doors provide excellent entry points for a snake,” Whyte said.
