The terrifying spot huge brown snake was hiding in family home
A family in Queensland had the fright of their life after discovering a six-foot long brown snake making itself comfortable in their home.
The snake was spotted after a father and his children were taking their shoes off in the garage on Saturday, when they noticed the slithering beast sitting on top of their fridge in their Yandina Creek home.
After the snake noticed it was outed, it made its way onto the shoe rack, hiding amongst the sneakers while the father called a snake catcher for help.
“By the time I arrived, it was on the ground, basically just near the shoe rack,” said snake catcher at The Snake Catcher 24/7, Stuart McKenzie to Yahoo7.
“It ended up going into the shoe rack and that’s where I pulled it out of.”
Mr McKenzie was surprised by the size of the reptile, as he claims it’s the biggest he has ever dealt with.
“I reckon it was about six foot, would have been nearly as tall as me.
“It was pretty big, and it was real chunky, too, big girthy snake.
“That’s about as big as I’ve caught, that’s probably equal as to the biggest Eastern Brown I’ve caught.”
During the capture, the snake attempted to attack Mr McKenzie.
“He felt threatened by me, cause obviously, I was this big animal coming at him and trying to catch him,” Mr McKenzie said.
“He did try and lunge at me, just to basically say, no, you’re not touching me.”
Mr McKenzie said the best way to avoid being attacked by snakes is to leave them alone.
“Like all snakes, you leave them alone, they’ll leave you alone,” he said.
“They can be incredibly dangerous, but only if you mess with them.”