Snake catcher called out to wrangle coathanger
GOLD Coast snake catcher Tony Harrison has wrangled some dangerously venomous snakes in his time, but yesterday delivered a new experience at Ashmore.
A local resident had trapped what he thought was a snake under a plastic tub – which ended up being a small shoe hanger.
“That’s the first coathanger I’ve ever been called to,” Tony said. “I can add that to the list of call-outs.”
“This happens more often than you know, but it was a case of better safe than sorry.”
Yesterday’s call-out is just one of many cases of mistaken identity where everyday household items were thought to be the slippery serpents.
“I’ve been called to a dog poo, a pile of used condoms, three or four radiator hoses and at least 20 sticks,” he said.
“There was a dead cat, a dead rat, a pair of thongs, a steering wheel cover, dog leads laying on the ground.”
He said one person was adamant there was a snake in the roof. “We got up there and there was a giant pink dildo up there,” he said.