Shoppers spot eastern brown snake outside ALDI store

Amazed shoppers have filmed the moment an eastern brown snake tried to slither inside ALDI’s Adelaide Airport store.

Shoppers have been left stunned after witnessing a snake slithering outside a shopping centre’s door.

The eastern brown snaked its way up to ALDI’s Adelaide Airport store on Friday afternoon, with one shopper capturing the reptile on camera as it tried to manoeuvre up the shopping centre window.

Measuring about 2m in length, the brown snake them made itself at home as it coiled up in a shopping basket before shoppers tipped it into a bucket and waited for a professional snake catcher.

An eastern brown snake has been spotted in the carpark of ALDI at Adelaide Airport. Pics: 7News

The snake catcher moving the snake into a net.

“Be careful, I wouldn’t go any closer because he’ll jump,” the snake wrangler said.

It’s unknown how long the snake had been slithering through the supermarket, or if any other shoppers had a close encountered with the reptile.

'Be careful... he'll jump.' Adelaide shoppers have been left stunned by a slippery surprise that tried to enter an ALDI supermarket. The eastern brown was trapped with a shopping basket until snake catchers arrived. Details in 7NEWS at 4pm and 6pm | https://t.co/8ftPfGgvkq #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/spLe1VdCqH

— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) February 10, 2023

An eastern brown snake has been spotted in the carpark of ALDI at Adelaide Airport. Pics: 7News

Last week, another eastern brown snake was found at McLaren Vale’s Wirra Vineyards.

According to the snake catcher, eastern brown season has experienced a two-month delay, with more brown snakes sightings expected in early winter.