An Australian family got a slithery surprise in the dead of night when they discovered an uninvited guest wriggling through their plumbing — a carpet python stuck in their sewage pipes.
The incident happened around 2 a.m. on April 29 in South East Queensland, when the homeowners heard strange noises coming from their bathroom. What they found left them stunned: the head of a large python peeking out from under the toilet.
Enter Tim Hudson, a professional snake catcher who was called in for the job. Hudson shared the wild rescue on Facebook, detailing how he had to push the snake — which he nicknamed “Pooey” — through the sewage line and out the toilet in what he jokingly called a “careful surgical operation.”
In video clips and photos shared online, Hudson can be seen monitoring the snake’s position with a camera inside the pipe. Once he managed to guide it out, footage shows the python slithering calmly across the bathroom floor, none the worse for wear despite its unpleasant hiding place.
“Meet ‘Pooey’ the Bidaddadaba Carpet Python,” Hudson wrote. “The snake can now choose a more hygienic place to chill rather than deep in a toilet.”
Hudson ended the clip with a laugh, holding up the now-freed reptile and quipping, “And that’s how you get a carpet python out of the actual plumbing under the toilet. I’ll be washing my hands like you wouldn’t believe.”
Carpet pythons are non-venomous and common in Australia, but even seasoned locals might need a moment to recover when one decides to use the toilet as its escape route.
Would you ever use your bathroom again after finding a snake in it?