Man spotted on bus wearing snake round his neck instead of face mask

A man has been spotted on a bus wearing a large snake around his neck in a bizarre replacement for a face mask.

He was seen boarding the Swinton to Manchester service at Salford precinct yesterday afternoon carrying the reptile.

Shocked passengers watched on as the unidentified man removed the snake from around his neck and allowed it to wrap itself around the hand rails, the Manchester Evening News reports.

One witness, who did not wish to give her name, said the sight was “definitely entertaining”.

The man wore the snake around his neck (Alison Jones)

The 46-year-old, from Swinton, said: “He had it wrapped around his face like a mask getting on the bus.

“At first I thought he had a really funky mask on, then he let it crawl around the hand rails.

The snake wrapped itself around the bus' handrail (Alison Jones)

“No one was really bothered on the bus but a man behind took a video.

"It was definitely entertaining.”