Officers released the snake into the wild "with the understanding that it would not continue to traumatize the humans."

Police said they located the animal curled up under a vehicle.

Jimmy, 27, was stopped for speeding after he used a knife and a seatbelt to fight off a venomous brown snake.

A large African python was reportedly on the loose on George Street in downtown Peterborough on Tuesday morning.

The West Coast Reptile Education Society snake is likely between three and five years old, and underweight. 

Researchers are calling the new snake Trimeresurus salazar, but its common name is Salazar's pit viper.

Saint Patrick supposedly drove all the snakes out of Ireland some 1,500 years ago.

Vets in Australia say the python and the towel both "lived to see another day."

The house was occupied exclusively by 140 snakes, including the python that was found around the woman's neck in Indiana.

The 3.5-foot snake has been relocated to the Indian River Reptile and Dinosaur Park.