A South Carolina woman got a terrible start to her Tuesday earlier this month when she found an unexpected guest behind the toilet.
The woman turned on bathroom light in her Columbia apartment around 5 a.m. on Nov. 5 and found a ball python behind the porcelain throne.
She screamed at the sight, telling Richland County deputies that she first called a friend to help take care of the snake, according to an incident report obtained by USA TODAY on Wednesday. The two then called police, and deputies were able to wrangle the python into a pillowcase and out of the bathroom.
No person or snake were harmed in the removal process.
Python moves on to ‘forever home,’ deputies say
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department took to Facebook hours after the removal to share the news, briefly describing the situation and providing photographs.
“Deputies and snake wranglers?!” the agency wrote. “RCSD deputies responded to a call for service about a snake in the bathroom! Understandably so, this resident was ready to find a new place with no snakes and needed a report.”