Question
A United Parcel Service deliveryman found a reptilian stowaway nestled among the packages in his truck.
Brian Adams, 41, first noticed the 9-foot albino python when he shifted some boxes after pulling into a parking lot Wednesday morning. He initially thought he was looking at a stuffed animal or rubber snake. But when he looked closer and noticed scales, he called his wife.
"Tina, you won't believe this, but there's a snake in the truck," he said.
Moments later, the python's head popped up when Adams nudged aside a small box in front of it.
"It's alive!" he yelled into the phone.
An O'Fallon animal control officer was called and the 31-pound snake was prodded into a cloth mailbag.
The python is staying at the St. Charles County Pet Adoption Center until the St. Louis Herpetological Society picks it up next week.
Adams doesn't know how the snake got into his truck. UPS doesn't deliver live animals.
Answer
OMG, I'd have had a heart attack.
Wonder if someone was actually mailing the snake?
Are pythons common in that area?