Huge Snake Slithers Out of Bathroom Light Fitting in Horrifying Encounter

A large snake slithered out of a bathroom light fitting in an Australian woman's home in a startling encounter.

Stuart McKenzie from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 responded to the home in Buderim, Queensland state, after the woman reported seeing the snake in her bathroom. The snake, a carpet python, had been on the house's roof and managed to crawl through a light fitting, damaging it in the process.

"I attended a call last night where a lovely lady had a carpet python come down through her bathroom light fitting to say hello," McKenzie said in a Facebook post containing his video that captured the removal.

Carpet pythons are commonly found throughout northern, eastern and southern Australia, living in open forests, rain forests, coastal areas, rural areas, parks and suburban gardens, according to the Queensland Museum. The snakes, which are nonvenomous, can grow to more than 10 feet long. Like other pythons, they kill their prey using a method known as constriction.

This technique involves the snake wrapping itself around its prey and gradually squeezing the animal to death with its powerful muscles. It will then consume its victim whole. The diet of carpet pythons consists of small mammals, birds and lizards.

Australia is home to 15 python species, which is more than a third of the world's total. In Queensland, carpet pythons are the snake most frequently seen in suburban properties.

The homeowner in Buderim, which is in the country's northeast, first became aware of the carpet python in her home after hearing a noise upstairs.

"We were down here...and I was watching the news," the woman said in the video. "The next thing I heard this noise, and I thought, Holy, what's that?"

The woman went up to the bathroom and saw that the snake had slithered through the light fitting, causing a part of it to fall down. She then called Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 to get the serpent removed.

"As you can understand the lady didn't feel comfortable with this at all and called me straight away to come and catch it," McKenzie said in the Facebook post.

The snake catcher arrived within minutes of receiving the call, but the carpet python had gone back to the roof. McKenzie climbed up there to capture the "cheeky" snake. After placing it in a bag, he released it back into the bush.

"It was a tricky one, this carpet python," he said in the video as he was releasing the snake. "My goodness, [it] got very lucky. See you later, buddy. Off you go."