'She was a bit of a mess': Woman's terrifying find in back of stove

A woman was terrified to find a snake had wrapped itself in a very peculiar location in her kitchen.

Snake Catchers Adelaide were called to remove the reptile from the back of the woman’s stove on October 2.

Video shared to Facebook shows snake catcher Rolly Burrell unscrew the back of the stove to reveal a dangerous eastern brown snake wrapped around the wiring.

“Snakes love get into hiding places...” the Facebook post said.

Mr Burrell safely pulled the snake out of the back of the stove before lowering it into a bag.

Speaking to ABC Radio Adelaide, Mr Burrell said the woman who called for the extraction was “a bit of a mess” after the ordeal.

“I think she's going to get counselling today,” he said jokingly.

Mr Burrell has over 40 years of experience in removing and relocating snakes.

According to the Australian Reptile Park the eastern brown snake is responsible for the most snakebite deaths in Australia – however, with first aid and anti-venom, they only account for one or two deaths per year.

Mr Burrell told the ABC snakes were good as they helped get rid of pests.

"Snakes are good, they get rid of a lot of feral cats, they get rid of a lot of rats and mice,” he said.

"An average snake could eat up to 15 mice a week through the summer months."

The eastern brown snake can be found along the east coast of Australia – from Queensland to Victoria and sometimes, in South Australia.

Earlier this year hundreds of people failed to guess where a snake was lurking in a tool shed. The python was found to be hiding in a small gap between the wall and the roof.

While there were more than 1000 comments on the initial post with many incorrect guesses, the snake catcher said everyone was “right in a way” – explaining all of the places people had suggested in the comments were places where snakes had been caught before.

– With Storyful.

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