Worker surprised by 5-foot python in SC hotel room

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A maintenance worker was surprised to find a 5-foot python lounging inside a motel room in Myrtle Beach.

WPDE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/NxLnka) that Jerry Timberlake saw the jungle carpet python on a window sill inside a room at the Coral Sands Motel on Thursday morning.

Timberlake says the snake had belonged to the room’s last tenant, who left it behind.

A local snake enthusiast says he will either keep the python or make sure it goes to a good home. Jungle carpet pythons are non-venomous and are native to Australia.

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Information from: WPDE-TV, http://www.carolinalive.com/