Australian Woman Wakes in Bed to 8-Foot Python Coiled on Her Chest

An Australian woman woke up to a shocking scene inside her home this week after discovering an eight-foot python coiled across her chest while she slept in a second-story bedroom in Brisbane, Queensland, as reported by Fox News.

Rachel Bloor said the incident happened Monday night when she was fast asleep and felt a heavy weight pressing down on her stomach and chest. At first, she assumed the pressure came from one of the family dogs.

“I thought it was my dog lying on top of me,” Bloor said.

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That assumption quickly changed when she reached under the covers and felt something smooth shift beneath her hand.

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“To my horror, I realized it wasn’t my dog,” Bloor told the BBC.

The animal was later identified as a carpet python, a non-venomous constrictor species commonly found in Australia’s coastal regions. The snake measured approximately 2.5 meters, or roughly eight feet in length, according to reports.

Bloor said she immediately woke her husband and asked him to turn on the lights.

“He goes, ‘Oh baby. Don’t move. There is like a 2.5-meter python on you,’” she recalled.

Her first concern was the safety of the family’s dogs, particularly their Dalmatian. Bloor feared the situation could quickly spiral if one of the dogs reacted to the snake.

“I thought if my Dalmatian realized that there’s a snake there, it is gonna be carnage,” she said.

After her husband removed the dogs from the room, Bloor slowly worked her way out from beneath the covers.

“I sort of side-shuffled out,” she said.

Rather than calling professional snake catchers, Bloor decided to handle the situation herself. She said she remained calm and carefully ushered the large reptile out of the bedroom through a window.

“I grabbed him,” she said, adding that the python “didn’t seem overly freaked out.”

“He sort of just wobbled in my hand,” she said.

Bloor believes the snake likely entered the room through plantation shutters on the window and crawled onto the bed while she was sleeping.

“It was that big that even though it had been curled up on me, part of its tail was still out the shutter,” she said.

Despite the frightening encounter, Bloor said she felt some relief once she realized the animal was a snake and not something else.

“Toads freak me out,” she said.

Snake catcher Kurt Whyte told ABC News that snake activity has increased as breeding season ends and eggs begin to hatch.

“Obviously, with this hot weather, we’re seeing plenty of them getting out and about and basking in this sun,” Whyte said.

Whyte noted that while snake populations have not necessarily increased, sightings are becoming more common as housing developments expand further into bushland areas.

“They have got to find places to live, and our backyards are offering the perfect habitat,” he said.

He also warned that common household features can provide easy access points for snakes seeking shelter.

“Unfortunately, the gaps in our garage doors… provide the perfect entry points for a snake,” Whyte said.

The incident occurred in Brisbane, where carpet pythons are protected wildlife and frequently encountered near residential areas.

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