Police were left "rattled" following a horrifying encounter with a 12ft python slithering down a UK street.
Three officers were left grappling with the reptile in the Black Country, attending the scene of a sighting in the middle of the night on Tuesday in West Bromwich, West Midlands.
The force were on hand to deal with the 3.6metre-long python, with one of the world's biggest snakes casually sat in the middle of the road.
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Quick-thinking actions saw the snake, which is native to Southeast Asia, bagged and taken into the back of a police van, and the beast has since been handed over to vets.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "Our officers are not easily rattled when it comes to responding to unusual calls as we deal with a huge variety of incidents.
"Just after 1.30am this morning we received a call from a member of the public that a 12 foot yellow python was slithering on Harwood Street, West Bromwich."
Officers were left dealing with the snake after RSPCA representatives were unable to attend the scene to extract the snake.
The police statement continued: "While RSPCA colleagues would usually handle this situation they were not able to attend due to the time of the call so some of our brave response officers stepped in.
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"We managed to safely rescue the snake and get it into our van without too many slips and slides.
"The snake was then transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital for overnight care."
Yellow Burmese pythons are thankfully non-venomous but can kill easily should it wrap its body around their prey, tightening itself around the victim and crushing it, killing through constriction.
One resident described the find as a "real-life nightmare" and added: "No way would you see me going near a 12ft python in the middle of the night."
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