5-foot python found in bathroom of a New Hampshire woman's apartment

ENDED UP IN THEIR BUILDING. I MEAN, SNAKE LIKE THAT. I DON’T EVEN LIKE THE LITTLE ONES. NEVER MIND THE BIG ONES LIKE THAT. CHUCK VAN COPPENOLLE IS, WELL, A LITTLE SPOOKED WHEN YOU SEE HOW BIG THE SNAKE IS. I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW BIG THAT WAS. WOW. I THINK I WOULD HAVE HEARD IT OR SOMETHING. BUT AFTER DERRY, POLICE SAY THEY FOUND A FIVE FOOT PYTHON INSIDE THE BATHROOM OF HIS NEIGHBOR’S UPSTAIRS APARTMENT. DO YOU BLAME HIM? I’M GLAD IT WAS UP THERE. NOT DOWN HERE. IT MIGHT HAVE HURT MY CAT. YEAH. THAT’S HER. SHE SEE? HEY, YOU’RE ON TV. YEAH. SHE SAID SHE’S READY TO GO AFTER THE PYTHON. THE WOMAN WHO LIVES UPSTAIRS HAD CALLED OFFICERS TERRIFIED AND LOOKING FOR HELP. SNAKES CAN CRAWL INTO ALL KINDS OF CREVICES AND WHAT HAVE YOU LIKE THAT? SO OFFICERS CALLED CHUCK AND THE OTHER NEIGHBORS. BUT IT DEFINITELY DIDN’T BELONG TO ANY OF THEM. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE BEFORE HE DID ANYTHING WITH IT THAT IT WASN’T MY PET. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULDN’T HAVE ANY SNAKE AS A PET, AND I DEFINITELY WOULDN’T HAVE A PYTHON. SO HOW IN THE WORLD DID IT SLITHER UP THERE? KEVIN MCCURLEY, OWNER OF NEW ENGLAND REPTILE DISTRIBUTORS IN PLAISTOW, SAYS SNAKES ARE ALL SPINE AND MUSCLE, SO THEY CAN COMPRESS THEMSELVES. IT’S A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT BALL PYTHON COULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN A TOILET, GO DOWN INTO THE WATERWAYS, SO IT ONLY HAS TO HOLD ITS BREATH FOR A LITTLE PERIOD OF TIME. HOWEVER IT GOT THERE, CHUCK SAYS THAT HE’S JUST GLAD IT DIDN’T END UP AT HIS PLACE, BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY DOESN’T TRUST A SNAKE. EVEN IF YOU KNOW IF IT’S FRIENDLY, IT CA

Updated: 6:06 PM CDT Jul 29, 2025

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5-foot python found in bathroom of a New Hampshire woman's apartment

Updated: 6:06 PM CDT Jul 29, 2025

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The owner of a 5-foot python has been reunited with their snake after a woman found it inside her apartment Monday in Derry, New Hampshire, police said.The woman called the police for help. They responded and found the snake inside the woman's bathroom.Officers safely placed the snake in a tote and contacted some nearby neighbors to see if it belonged to them. Neighbors told sister station WMUR News 9 the snake was found in one of the upstairs apartments.Derry Police said it is unclear how the snake entered.The snake was taken to animal control and then handed over to a local humane society that specializes in exotic animals. According to officers, the snake was "docile, friendly, and clearly someone’s pet." They added that some of their officers were very nervous about the snake, and that it certainly was not a normal day on the job. Chuck Van Coppenolle, a resident of the building, said he was surprised the snake managed to get inside."I'd be definitely scared of that. A snake like that — I don't even like the little ones, never mind the big ones like that," Van Coppenolle said. "I'm glad it was up there and not down here."Kevin McCurley, owner of New England Reptile Distributors in Plaistow, said snakes are all spine and muscles, allowing them to compress their bodies."It's a possibility that that ball python could actually go down the toilet, go down into the waterways, so it only has to hold its breath for a little period of time," McCurley said.

The owner of a 5-foot python has been reunited with their snake after a woman found it inside her apartment Monday in Derry, New Hampshire, police said.

The woman called the police for help. They responded and found the snake inside the woman's bathroom.

Officers safely placed the snake in a tote and contacted some nearby neighbors to see if it belonged to them.

Neighbors told sister station WMUR News 9 the snake was found in one of the upstairs apartments.

Derry Police said it is unclear how the snake entered.

The snake was taken to animal control and then handed over to a local humane society that specializes in exotic animals.

According to officers, the snake was "docile, friendly, and clearly someone’s pet." They added that some of their officers were very nervous about the snake, and that it certainly was not a normal day on the job.

Chuck Van Coppenolle, a resident of the building, said he was surprised the snake managed to get inside.

"I'd be definitely scared of that. A snake like that — I don't even like the little ones, never mind the big ones like that," Van Coppenolle said. "I'm glad it was up there and not down here."

Kevin McCurley, owner of New England Reptile Distributors in Plaistow, said snakes are all spine and muscles, allowing them to compress their bodies.

"It's a possibility that that ball python could actually go down the toilet, go down into the waterways, so it only has to hold its breath for a little period of time," McCurley said.

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