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 of her chest Monday night.

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 window of her home in Australia. Rachel Bloor thought her pet dog had curled ...

It's fair to say when a Brisbane resident woke up to discover a carpet python curled up on top of her, she was rattled.

An Australian woman found an 8-foot carpet python curled on her chest during the night, initially mistaking it for her pet dogs.

ENDED UP IN THEIR BUILDING. I MEAN, SNAKE LIKE THAT. I DON’T EVEN LIKE THE LITTLE ONES. NEVER MIND THE BIG ONES LIKE THAT. CHUCK VAN COPPENOLLE IS, WELL, A LITTLE SPOOKED WHEN YOU SEE HOW BIG THE ...

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