Five foot python surprises woman and baby in bath

A "huge" python surprised the life out of a young mum after slithering into her bathroom unannounced as she washed her four-month-old baby.

The five foot snake managed to creep into the house in Dartford, Kent, after possibly using a hole in an outer wall.

Leanne Smith, 18, said: "We had been out for the evening and got home around 10.30pm and I wanted to bath Millie before I put her to bed. "I was sitting in the bath with her. I saw something move from the corner of my eye and then I heard this huge hiss!"



"I looked round and there was this snake coiled up with its head up in the air as if it was going to attack. I screamed out for help to my partner Ben saying there was a snake in the bathroom."

RSPCA officer Anthony Pulfer was called to the home to rescue the royal king python, which may have escaped from an owner in the neighbourhood.

Although it is not a constricting snake or poisonous, the species can bite if it feels threatened, the RSPCA said. Both the woman and baby were unhurt.