Slithery ssstowaways surprise unsuspecting Queensland motorists as they drove along highways
A pair of unsuspecting motorists have found themselves eye-to-eye with some slithery ssssstow-aways as they drove along two Queensland highways.
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An unsuspecting motorist found himself eye-to-eye with a snake as he drove along a highway in what a snake catcher has described as one of the most bizarre scenes he has ever witnessed.
A video posted to the Southern Downs Snake Catcher’s YouTube channel and Facebook page shows a green tree snake suddenly emerging from the bonnet of a man’s truck, rearing up and peering at him through the windscreen.
It then slithers back inside the bonnet.
Southern Downs Snake Catcher owner, Drew Godfrey, said it was one of the most “bizarre” and “peculiar” things he had seen in the job.
“A fellow gave us a call saying he was driving up the street and a snake popped up out of his bonnet and was looking out of the window,” he said.
The Stanthorpe man drove back to his house on Club Drive and called Mr Godfrey who determined it was a harmless green tree snake.
Mr Godfrey, 34, said after unsuccessfully retrieving the reptile following a search of the engine, he and the client went for a short drive along the New England Highway to encourage the snake to re-emerge.
“After a short drive I saw one of the most bizarre things I’ve ever seen in this job,” he wrote in the video.
The footage, taken the morning of February 1, then showed the approximately 65cm snake appearing again as the men drive, before they pull over so Mr Godfrey can secure it.
“It was the most peculiar sort of thing,” he told the Courier Mail.
“I’ve had some unusual calls but that one was definitely up there.”
Sunshine Coast snake catcher, Stuart McKenzie, 30, advised motorists not to panic if they find themselves with a snake on their windscreen after a serpent also popped up as two women were driving along the Bruce Highway at the end of January.
In a video posted to Mr McKenzie’s Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 Facebook page, a small brown snake can be seen sitting on the front of a car as a woman off camera talks to the snake catcher on the phone.
“It’s a bronzy colour one,” she says in the video.
“It came out of my bonnet onto the front windscreen.”
Above the video Mr McKenzie expressed their own surprise at the snake’s antics.
“We couldn’t believe the call we received for a brown coloured snake on her windscreen while driving south on the Bruce Highway near Nambour,” the post said.
“Being freaked out (as you would) they pulled over into a service lane until we arrived swiftly to start our search for the snake. They last saw it go onto the mirror and then down under the car.
“I searched for 15 minutes on the side of the Bruce Highway looking for it until finally feeling him on top of the chassis.”
Mr McKenzie retrieved the non-venomous brown tree snake and released it into the bush.
He told the Courier Mail although it was not common for motorists to find snakes while driving, snakes did regularly seek shelter and warmth from parked car engines.
“If you do have a snake come out of your car while driving, first try not to panic,” he said.
“Pull over safely as soon as possible and call someone to come out and help.”
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