Australian woman's snack time interrupted by snake hiding in couch

CALAVOS, Australia, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- An Australian man shared photos of the large carpet python that surprised his wife by popping out of the couch while she was having a snack.

Bruce Moller of Calavos, Queensland, posted a pair of photos to Facebook showing the carpet python that made a surprise appearance in his living room.

"Fay got a bit of a surprise while trying to eat a Gayndah orange in the lounge chair when a 'friendly' local carpet snake popped up to check on her crochet work," Moller wrote.

Moller said the snake went back into hiding when he tried to catch it.

"He went under the lounge chair so I prodded him with a broom and when he came out just put the wide broom across its back near the head and grabbed it behind the head," he told Sunshine Coast Daily.

Moller said snake sightings aren't common around his property, but he has occasionally found evidence of another big snake in his shed.

"I'm pretty sure there is a big one in the shed but I just find old skins," he said. "They're about as big as my forearm."