One Virginia driver remained in for a shock when she popped the hood of her car.
In the engine compartment, all snuggled, was a snake.
The driver called Virginia Wildlife Management and Control out to her Midlothian home, authorities said in an April 13 Facebook post.
Wildlife authorities said it was a rat snake, and as they gradually eliminated it from the engine compartment, they saw simply how huge it was.
Virginia Wildlife Management and Control said the snake was 6 feet long.
“So!… What’s in your engine compartment?” authorities said on Facebook. “Believe it or not, this happens more often than you think.”
Eastern rat snakes are the only Virginia snake that can grow longer than 6 feet, according to the Virginia Herpetological Society.
“Now this is all I will think about (every time) I go get in my truck,” one commenter said. “Thanks! New fear unlocked.”
“I don’t mind them in nature but not in my whip,” another said.
“I just pooped a little,” one remark joked.
Experts state car engines supply a warm and dark space for snakes to conceal, McClatchy News formerly reported.
The finest thing to do if you discover a snake in the front of your vehicle is to bang on the hood and after that provide the snake time to leave by itself prior to calling authorities, snake professional Sandy Moore-Furneaux said in a Facebook post.
Midlothian has to do with 15 miles west of Richmond.
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