Woman Finds Huge Snake In Strike Position On Her Patio, Rescue Caught On Camera

A woman in Australia got a surprise when she walked onto her back patio area and found a huge snake in strike position.

Snake catcher Stuart McKenzie with the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 took to Facebook on Tuesday to share the incident.

"A lovely lady in Buderim got a surprise when she walked out onto her back patio area to find a healthy Carpet Python in strike position waiting for a possible rat or mouse to run by," he wrote.

"The lady actually likes snakes but she had a cat and the snake was on the chair of her outdoor setting so she preferred it relocated," he added.

The woman then contacted McKenzie, who rushed to the residence to relocate the reptile.

Video of the rescue, shared by the snake catcher on Facebook, shows the reptile on the chair. McKenzie then catches it with his bare hands and shows the reptile to the camera before placing it in a blue bag. The video then cuts to the snake catcher releasing the reptile into the wild.

Warning residents that snake sightings are reported during the rainy season, McKenzie wrote, "We are still catching snakes in these raining conditions. Please keep an eye out for snake possibly sheltering around your home out of the weather."

The video of the rescue has since gone viral with over 66,000 views. Several people took to the comments section of the post to share their views.

"Definitely a chilled-out fellow who found a comfortable chair at the table," one person wrote.

"Stunning! But a shame you had to ruin his dinner date," another user commented.

In 2020, Joshua Castle, a snake catcher from Brisbane, Australia, had spoken to International Business Times about why snakes end up in unusual places like bedrooms, kitchens, and toilets.

"Smaller species often get brought inside the home by a cat, larger species end up inside by accident through cat/dog doors and/or flyscreen holes due to temperature. It may be too hot outside so they need to cool off inside on tiles," Castle told IBTimes.

"They also sneak in through doors and windows that are left open for longer than needed. Some species of snakes can slither up the pipework to your toilet/sink/shower, this often happens by accident too, they either were looking for water or they got into a disagreement with a cat and bolted into the sewage," he added.