His partner, Tracy, put out an appeal on Facebook, asking: “Has anybody in the Grange location lost an animal snake? My partner got a shock when attempting to cut the lawn today!”
The brave set took the reptile to Perfect Aquatics in Henlow – formerly the Japanese Koi Company – “who kindly used to hang on to it”, Tracy said.
Luckily, the owner of the animal snake found Tracy’s Facebook appeal on Sunday and has actually now been reunited with the reptile.
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“He is mine,” she said. “Thank you, Tracy, for being an amazing human and taking him someplace safe.”
She called him a “little escape artist” and said she was “grateful to have him home”.
What would you have done if you had stumbled upon a snake in your garden?
One Letchworth homeowner said: “I actually would have passed out there and after that! I’ve heard a great deal of snakes have actually been getting away just recently!”
Another said: “If I saw a snake, I’d have a cardiac arrest.”
What’s the most uncommon animal you have stumbled upon, or owned? Email [email protected] with your story.