Python shock for Innsbruck teacher

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By Rob Hyde Fire-fighters were called when a lady in Innsbruck found a king python coiled beneath the kitchen sink. 27-year-old teacher Ulrike Schl., whose surname has been withheld for legal reasons, froze in terror when she bent down to reach for a cloth beneath the sink, and instead discovered the giant snake staring back […]

Mum left rattled after being bitten by snake in pram

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A young mum was bitten on the ankle by a poisonous snake after it hitched a lift to her flat in a city centre apartment inside a child’s pram when she went for a walk in a nearby wood at St Florian am Inn in Upper Austria. Jacqueline Osterkorn, 20, had left the pram in […]

Missing snake found lying in the sun

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A courageous fire fighter caught a huge snake enjoying the sunshine on a roof in a town in Salzburg yesterday (Tues).The Boa constrictor was reported as missing by its owners on Sunday. They asked local firemen for help owing to fears clambering up the steep roof of their house in Oberalm.One member of the fire […]

Snake on the loose found at keeper’s kitchen

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An escaped Boa constrictor keeping policeman busy for five days has been found behind the owner’s oven.Graz officials decided to assign dozens of police recruits to search for the dangerous snake after Klaus Löschnig reported it as missing on Sunday. Several reptile experts and volunteers got engaged in the search as well.The reptile enthusiast assumed […]