Mother spots monster two-metre python in backyard
Queensland mother Megan Manly has described the “nightmare” of spotting a two-metre python in her backyard, before barricading herself and her toddler inside.
It could have been much worse though, as she had repaid a hole in the screen door just two hours before discovering the menacing serpent lurking outside.
Had she failed to do so, the massive snake might have been able to make its way inside where she was taking cover with her two-year-old son, Sam.
"I was about to leave the house to pick up my eldest son from school when I saw my dog up on his hunches, with his hair standing up looking outside," she told the Sunshine Coast Daily.
"Before the snake catcher came I had barricaded us in the lounge, in case the snake came through the screen door. If I hadn't have fixed it earlier that day, it would have come inside."
Ms Manley shared footage of a snake catcher coming to the rescue, pulling the enormous serpent out of harm’s way and deftly placing it inside a bag.
"It was horrific - I am petrified of snakes... I can take spiders, sharks and I would even rather a grizzly bear in my backyard over a snake," she told the Sunshine Coast Daily.
What are your thoughts? Have you ever encountered a snake this big?
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