Snake Found In Oven By North Carolina Family While Baking Pizza, Photos Go Viral

A North Carolina family was shocked to find a snake in their oven when they were baking a pizza.

The Helms, from Wake, were preparing to bake a pizza in the oven when Robert and Amber Helm noticed their kitchen filling up with smoke. When they opened the door of their oven, they found a slithering serpent inside it.

Pictures taken by the family of the bizarre discovery have since gone viral on Facebook, receiving thousands of likes. In one of the photos, a seemingly delicious-looking pizza was baking on the grills while a dead reptile remained coiled up in the oven tray at the bottom.

“I was queasy and it was creepy," said Robert. "There's nothing good about finding a smokey snake in your oven."

“The oven started smoking and I told my boys 'back up' so I can make sure a fire or anything didn't happen," said Amber. "I looked closely and was like 'Oh my God! That's a friggin' snake'."

People on social media started wondering if the Helms made a feast out of the snake, to which Amber clarified that her family did not consume either the reptile or the pizza. They dined out instead.

“We went out to eat," Amber said. "We did not eat the pizza. I hear a lot of people asking the question. 'Did we eat the pizza?' No."

It was unclear how the snake found its way into the oven. Although the Helms lived in a rural area, rarely did they come into households. "I am sad the way the snake died," Amber said.

Meanwhile, the Helms family is having trouble getting rid of the stench of a burnt snake from the house.