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Honeymooners come home, find python

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Published: Aug. 23, 2010 at 12:34 PM

SOUTHSEA, England, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A British couple said they returned from their honeymoon to find a 7-foot python in their upstairs bathroom.

Tim Booker-Baxter, 32, and his wife Rebecca, 27, of Southsea, England, said they returned from a trip to the United States to find a note from a neighbor warning that his snake was on the loose, The Sun reported Monday.

Rebecca Booker-Baxter said they took a quick look around the house and did not see the snake Then her husband went to the bathroom and discovered the python curled around the taps in the bathtub.

The couple said the snake was coaxed into a box and returned to their neighbor two houses away.

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