Huge Snake Found Slithering up Curtains in Family Home

A huge python was found hiding in a curtain rail at a family home in Australia.

Snake catcher Stuart McKenzie, from the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7, arrived at the property after the owners contacted him as they had noticed the snake lurking in their garage and shedding its skin.

The call out took place on January 26, which happened to be Australia Day.

In a video taken by McKenzie, he tells the owner of the house: "Happy Australia day... what's more Australia than having a snake in your house?"

The footage shows McKenzie walking into the house to find the python coiled up above a curtain rail.

The owner of the house then comes over with a shed snake skin that she had found in her garage, indicating that the python had been slithering around the property for some time.

McKenzie then gets to work trying to get the snake down from the rail. However, it is not without difficulty.

The snake can be seen unwrapping itself and beginning to move away as McKenzie tries to get it down from its hiding place. The python then gets tangled up in the curtain rail trying to find somewhere to go. McKenzie says in the video that he can tell the snake has freshly shed, as its skin was extra slippery.

After a few minutes trying without success to get the reluctant snake down, McKenzie stands back from the snake and says to the homeowners: "Do you want to have a go?"

The snake catcher eventually eases the snake's head away from the curtain and begins to unwrap its tail, which is still holding tightly to the rail.

The python, however, appears agitated and lunges forward, attempting to bite him. The snake catcher moves away just in time, and eventually managed to unwrap the tail from the rail

After bagging the snake, McKenzie takes it outside to realise it back into the wild.

"This gorgeous little snake is pretty keen to go," he said.

The python pokes its head out from the top of the bag and slithers away quickly.

An increasing number of snakes have been found in peoples homes recently due to heavy rainfall in Queensland. It is the middle of the snake season in Australia, which runs from October to April.

Snakes are typically sighted more regularly at this time of year because of the hot weather.

Pythons are found almost everywhere in Australia except Tasmania.