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Residents have described their shock after an 18ft (5.5m) python was spotted trying to get into a house.

The Burmese python, which had escaped from a nearby property, was seen trying to get through an upstairs window from the roof of a house in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.

The reptile caused panic when it appeared early on Tuesday.

It was eventually picked up by a neighbour who recognised it and returned it to its owner.

Jenny Warwick said she looked out of the window at 05:15 BST and spotted the huge yellow snake on her neighbour's roof but did not realise what it was until she saw it trying to get in the upstairs window.

She said: "I saw them trying to poke it out and it fell on their car. It was massive.

"People passing by were staring and couldn't believe their eyes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-62678259

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