Python hid in woman’s plane luggage

Stowing away in an airplane is pretty difficult these days — unless you’re a snake, apparently. After her flight from Queensland, Australia, to Scotland, this woman discovered an unexpected flying companion hidden away in her luggage. While unpacking, Maria Boxall found a python curled up in her shoe; it had made itself so at home, in fact, that it even molted its skin inside the shoe. At first, she thought it was a practical joke, but when it began to move she realized the snake was very much real — and alive.

Snake on a plane! A woman from Bridge of Allan’s found more than she bargained for when she unpacked her suitcase following a holiday in Australia. The spotted python’s now being looked after by the @ScottishSPCA