HIGHWAY’S snake catcher, Nick Evans, received a frantic call to remove a black mamba from a young girl’s bedroom in Cato Ridge on Friday.
According to Evans, the biggest concern for him is that the snake was in the room with a young child, whom he believes was sleeping at the time.
“The mamba had not gone in to kill the child. If it had, it would have succeeded. It probably didn’t know the child was there till it was fairly close. I think it just wanted a cool resting place during the heat of the day, or scared in by people outside.
The Black Mamba hid under the bed and it was then that someone removed the child from the room. Evans said he grew concerned when he looked under the first bed and saw no sign of the snake.
As he approached the second bed, Evans said he could hear the sound of a Black Mamba moving.
“Being such a large snake, you can hear them sliding along the floors. I looked under the bed and saw it curling up beneath a brick, which was holding the bed up. It was just out of reach,” he said.
Evans decided to move the bed back and then quickly climbed over it so that he was above the large reptile. With a gap to grab it he pulled it up with his tongs.
“I pulled it up onto the bed. This was right by the bedroom window, where everyone had been crowding around. They stepped back, quickly,” said Evans.
He added that it was a feisty snake as it thrashed around. He soon pinned it down.
“Not a nice situation for all involved, including the snake. It all ended up being okay. No one was hurt, thankfully,” said a relieved Evans.
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