A picture of the snake – thought to be a safe corn snake – was shared on Twitter as travelers were left in shock, Sophie Johnstone tweeted: “OH LORD there is an actual SNAKE on this train. Chaotic scenes on the Shipley to Leeds train. Snake moves. Carriage moves.”
Hundreds reacted to the tweet with one user recommending “I would lock myself in the toilet” while another shown they would be trying to “escape through a train window.” Others saw the amusing side of the weird occurrence with one user commenting “Looks like he’s getting off at the next stop” with another including “he’s waiting so patiently for the doors to open.”
One user even joked: “Has it got a ticket?” It has actually because been verified that the snake is now securely in the care of the Leeds RSPCA.