Elusive snake in Calendula Avenue

The screams of a domestic worker echoed through Calendula Avenue this morning (Tuesday) as she ran out of a house after spotting a snake under a bed

The domestic worker was carrying out her daily routine and was picking up a bed to clean under it when she came face-to-face with a snake that was “short, thick and had big red eyes”.

Terrified, she stopped dead in her tracks and then bolted out of the room.

Residents of the house quickly contacted Public Safety to get help in removing the reptile. Local snake removal experts were called to the scene, with Eugene Jonck doing his very best to find the snake and safely remove it from the premises.

However, his attempts were in vain, as the snake appeared to have already slithered away. The entire room in which it was first seen was searched, and even the outside of the house, to make sure the snake was not in the immediate area.

By this time, Public Safety Officer OJ Maritz had responded to aid in the search for the elusive snake.

Every nook and cranny was searched, but the snake seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

The residents heaved a sigh of relief that the scary serpent was no longer in their home, where it could possibly harm their children or themselves.