PESCADERO, Calif. – Sheriff's officials in Northern California say deputies were called to assist with an unusual discovery: a 7-foot long, 40-pound Burmese python under a parked car near a school.
A woman spotted the snake near Pescadero Elementary and Middle School on Friday and contacted San Mateo County authorities.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Rosenblatt tells the San Jose Mercury News two sheriff's deputies responded and got the snake into a plastic bin. Burmese pythons are not poisonous and are not considered a major threat to humans.
It was taken to the Peninsula Humane Society, where it was diagnosed with an aggravated skin condition.
It could be put up for adoption or placed with a rescue group if no one comes forward to claim it.
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