A ball python that escaped from its owner's backpack was captured about six weeks later when it was found hiding under a vehicle. Photo courtesy of the Victoria Police Department
" A patrol officer who is familiar with snakes took the snake into custody without incident," the department said.
Victoria Animal Control Officer Ian Fraser said it is unlikely the python traveled so great a distance on its own.
"Snakes just don't travel that distance," Fraser told the Times Colonist newspaper. "It probably slithered into a car and hitched the ride."
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