In the kind of nightmare scenario dreaded by anyone contemplating a visit to Australia, a woman in Brisbane woke up with a heavy weight on her chest, only to find that it was an 8ft-long python.

A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top ...

Rachel Bloor had assumed the heavy weight on her chest was her dog.

Woman wakes up to find python coiled on her chest: ‘Oh baby, don’t move’ - Brisbane resident ushers massive snake out without calling in professional help ...

Py don’t believe it. A stunned woman woke up to find an 8-foot python on her chest after it slithered through the bedroom ...

Rachel Bloor got the shock of her life after she reached out to stroke what she thought was her pet dog in Brisbane, ...

A Brisbane woman has woken to a terrifying surprise after a 2.5-metre python slipped through her bedroom window and curled up ...

When Brisbane resident Rachel Bloor felt something heavy on her, she initially thought it was her labradoodle - it was a 2.5m snake.

In an astonishing turn of events, a Brisbane woman awoke to find herself sharing her bed with a 2.5-meter carpet python. Rachel Bloor's unexpected encounter with the non-venomous snake has captured ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into backyards.

BALLWIN • Nobody quite knows how the python ended up in the pantry. But a St. Louis County woman got a rude awakening last week when she returned from vacation and discovered an 18-inch snake curled ...