Blind man, 60, tries to pick up dangerous eight-foot snake in his bathroom thinking it was floor insulation after it had slithered up through his toilet
- Stuart Saunders, 60, who is blind handled a eight-foot python in his bathroom
- He was listening to music when he heard peculiar ‘crashing’ noises in the house
- Mr Saunders thought he was handling a roll of insulation but it was a python
A blind man accidentally handled an eight-foot python after he thought it was roll of insulation from his bathroom floor.
Stuart Saunders was relaxing on his lounge when he heard a disturbing sound in another room.
He said: ‘I was laying in my reclining chair listening to my music when the next minute I heard “crash! crash!” and things began falling in the bathroom.’
Stuart Saunders, 60, was relaxing on his lounge when he heard a disturbing sound in another room.
The 60-year-old got up to investigate the peculiar sound and noticed his tooth brush, glass, a bottle of bleach as well as shampoo had all fallen from their shelves.
‘When I picked them up I noticed this thing on the floor, like insulation had come up.
‘I went forward and picked it up but it was too heavy. I rang my support worker on the intercom and said “I’ve got a bit of mess” and over they came.’
Mr Saunders attempted to pick up deadly python several times before his support worker, Jason arrived at the home.
The 60-year-old got up to investigate the peculiar sound and noticed his tooth brush, a glass, a bottle of bleach as well as shampoo had all fallen from the shelves
Jason said: ‘I walked in and opened the door, thinking a bottle of bleach had fallen on the floor or something and there was this massive snake curled up.
‘I had to actually walk in and out again because I just could not believe it,’ he said.
The two men called the police, the RSPCA and eventually Exeter Exotics – who captured the python.
The fugitive reptile escaped through the plumbing and slithered up in to the Exeter home.
Mr Saunders had never handled a snake before and was ‘amazed’ it got there.
‘It left the bathroom in an awful mess, with gunge on the wall. The whole bathroom has to be deep cleaned,’ he said.
The eight-foot python is now being handled by Exeter Exotics.
The two men called the police, the RSPCA and eventually Exeter Exotics – who captured the python
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