Snake Catcher Tries to Remove a Deadly Cobra From an Apartment’s Toilet
Residents at a block of flats are in for a few nervous trips to the bathroom after a deadly cobra escaped down a toilet and into the building’s drainage system.
The deadly snake slithered out of a toilet in Pretoria, South Africa, horrifying a homeowner who was using the bathroom.
Snake catcher Barry Greenshields was called out to remove the highly venomous snouted cobra, but it slipped away from him and slinked back off down the pipes.
A video taken of Mr Greenshields’ attempts to capture the huge snake shows him trying to yank it out as it tries to escape.
Anton Meijer, who lives in the apartment below the one in the footage, told News24 that the snake was found at 9am on Thursday and that his neighbour tried to remove it himself.
‘He started pulling it from the toilet but it was clinging to something. The more he pulled, it got agitated. It went back into the drainage system,’ he said.
Mr Greenshields was unable to capture the snake and now faces the arduous task of visiting every flat in the building until he finds the snake, which could have wriggled through the pipes into any of the apartments.
‘The snake was found inside the toilet of one of the apartments but we couldn’t remove it. It has since gone back inside the pipe system which is very ziggy zaggy,’ he said.
‘I’m telling people to keep the toilets closed. If the lid is closed it will be like a barrel and it won’t come out but if it finds an opening it might come out and continue its journey into their houses,’ he said.
