Two giant snakes are believed to be on the loose after a women reported her snake missing - and the shed skin of another snake was found in the street.
Shannon Surch, 27, reported on Facebook last week that her pet snake Bo, a six foot Boa Constrictor, had broke out of its tank and escaped from her home in Measham, East Midlands.
Bo is believed to be at large in the Coalville area, according to Leicestershire Live.
Yesterday a huge snake skin that had been shed was found by someone walking in nearby Swannington.
But when she asked Shannon about this in local Facebook group 'Spotted Whitwick', Shannon said Bo's sheddings were smaller, so the skin must have come from a different, second snake.
It is now feared that two large snakes are on the loose in Coalville.
The Swannington walker said in their post: "There is a 6ft boa missing from Measham. I found this in Swannington tonight, just want to make people aware!!"
In her reply on Spotted Whitwick, Shannon wrote: "Just to let you all know this isn’t his shed - the lady has sent me more photos of it and it’s definitely a lot bigger than my boy."
The walker later said she thought the skin she found belonged to a python.
One person commenting said: "Oh that's put my mind at rest then.... not."
One man added: "How the hell does something like that escape?
"I mean, what have they been doing, taking it for a walk and he didn't come back after being let off the lead?"
Some joked about the missing reptiles. One said: "Looks like a few cats are about to become breakfast."
Another said: "Anyone got Ace Ventura’s number?"
But some people were worried about the snakes being out there.
One said: "I’m never leaving the house again."
Another said: "I think I'm suddenly isolating for a while."
According to Wikipedia, pythons are non-venomous and their main danger to humans is that they can carry diseases, causing things like sepsis and meningitis.
Boa constrictors, meanwhile, also stick to a diet of small animals and are also non-venomous.
They grab prey with their teeth before wrapping their bodies around them to stop the flow of blood.
Larger boas have been known to hunt animals as big as ocelots.
