Snake In Washing Machine – A Maine woman found an 8-foot snake in her washing machine while reaching in for a load of wet clothes.
The snake in the washing machine turned out to be a reticulated python that somehow got into the water pipes of the 1800s-era farmhouse and slithered its way up to the second floor.
Mara Ranger was removing clothes from the washing machine at her Maine farmhouse Wednesday when the clothes moved. She told reporters, “I jumped back” and saw a snake, then quickly shut the lid and called for help.
Richard Burton of Maine Animal Damage control arrived to save the day, but even he couldn’t believe his eyes when it turned out to be an 8-foot long python. He’s been to a half-dozen snake recoveries this year alone.
“Last year in Lewiston, I took one out of a woman’s shower; it came down her shower head,” Burton said. “They get very dehydrated and they can sense a water source and they go to it, travel in pipes, suspended ceilings, in bathrooms, anything like that to get to a water source.”
Ranger says she’s going to start looking into every corner of her washing machine, “I’m going to be looking in the tub first — before and after, maybe even during, the rinse cycle.”
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