A hospital had an unusual visitor after a "snake" was spotted on a corridor of a Welsh hospital.
The reptile made its way along the halls on Ysybty Cwm Cynon , Mountain Ash hospital.
An elderly visitor who was trying to leave the hospital found the snake blocking his path.
Dean Rendell, who filmed the snake on Saturday, August 17, was visiting his grandmother at the hospital and was approached by the elderly man after claiming he couldn't leave the building due to a snake that was blocking his path.
Dean, 35, said he was "shocked" adding that he didn't want to go too near as he had his young nephew with him.
He said: "Me and my mother were visiting my nan when we were approached by an older man who asked if we knew if there was anyone in charge nearby.
"After asking why, he explained he couldn't get out of the hospital because there was a snake in the corridor.
"I went to investigate and that’s when I saw the snake moving up the side of the corridor.
"I had my nephew with me who was six years old so I didn’t want to get to close in case it was dangerous.
"I buzzed the ward and a nurse came and rang maintenance so tell them about the snake.
"It kept moving up the corridor trying to get under doors into the wards."
A spokesman for the health board said: “ Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board can confirm that a snake was found in a corridor at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon by a member of staff.
“We suspect that the snake came up from the river which runs alongside the hospital.
"A member of our portering staff safely returned the snake to the river bank”.
