Snake outwits chasers in Saudi

A huge snake strayed into a crowded neighbourhood in Saudi Arabia and caused panic before it was chased by the police, the civil defence and residents. But all of them failed to capture the reptile.

The snake, more than 1.5 metres long, was cornered and crippled by a man using a large stick but then it managed to escape and hide inside a parked car owned by a Pakistani shop keeper in the Western town of Taif.

Police and civil defence units spent at least one hour to try and get the snake out of the car but they failed after they could not find it.

“A Saudi man then came up with a good idea…he towed the vehicle to the car wash station and told the workers there to flush out a snake which is hiding inside,” Kabar Arabic language newspaper said.

“They started to spray the car from all sides…after a while the snake emerged out, causing all workers and customers to flee…the snake then crawled away and no one has seen it again.”

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