Terrified woman finds massive snake hanging from her garage: ‘Is this going to kill me or my children?’
- Former city slicker gets a big fright when she discovers a snake in her NT home
- After posting on Facebook, many came back saying it was an Olive Python
- The intruder was not harmed during the kerfuffle and ended up doing a runner
A British woman has been left terrified after finding a large snake slithering in her garage.
Holly O’Driscoll, who recently moved to Darwin from Sydney, took to Facebook this week to ask for help identify the python as she feared she may be in danger.
‘If this is a snake that’s going to kill me, I want to know,’ she said.
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Ms O’Driscoll and her family have been living in the converted garage where the snake first appeared.
She initially found the snake slithering in the garage door, but it has since vanished.
And while this may seem like good news, Ms O’Driscoll told ABC she has lost it.
‘I don’t know where it’s hiding,’ she said.
She has since found a bunch of dead rats around the garage as well.
‘I haven’t told the kids yet, my eldest daughter would literally run back to Sydney,’ she told ABC.
She said a lot of people have told her it may be an Olive Python.
Olive pythons are not considered to be dangerous to humans, and can be confused with highly venomous king brown snakes.
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But they are considered to be the second largest snake in the country, according to Snake Facts.
Ms O’Driscoll said she has been left unsure what to do.
‘I don’t know what to do, to be honest, other than burn the house down,’ she said.
She said she was reconsidering her life choices after moving to the rural area.
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