"Can't Use Toilet After That": Paarl Snake Catcher Pulls Cape Cobra From Toilet, SA Scared

• Bolandsnakeremovals shared footage of a Cape cobra discovered living inside a residential toilet in Paarl
• Someone had gone to use the bathroom at midnight and felt something cold in the toilet
• The snake catcher used an inspection camera to track the cobra before dismantling the toilet to remove it

A South African snake removal team got more than they bargained for during a Paarl house call on 28 August 2026. Bolandsnakeremovals, a snake-catching outfit, shared footage of themselves extracting a Cape cobra from inside a residential toilet, and the clip has left viewers across the country deeply unsettled.

The video, filmed on a handheld camera inside a bathroom, shows the team using a small inspection camera device to probe the toilet's plumbing. What began as a routine check quickly turned tense when the camera feed revealed a snake coiled inside the pipes leading up to the bowl. According to the footage, the drama had started in the early hours of the morning.

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The snake catchers in the clip by Bolandsnakeremovals talked through the process on camera as they worked to locate and extract the animal. With the cobra wedged deep inside the plumbing, the team had no choice but to dismantle the toilet to get to it. Once they could reach the snake, they began pulling it out.

Cape cobras are venomous and considered one of the more dangerous snake species found in the Western Cape, making the discovery all the more alarming for the household involved. Watch the Paarl toilet snake extraction that has South Africa talking:

Mzansi reacts to toilet snake

South Africans in the comments did not hold back:

@Marica Perreira wrote:

"Now I wonder how many times I've used the toilet without knowing there was a snake in it."

@Zandi Douglas Mqamba said:

"How do I ever go to the toilet again after watching this.. 🤦"

@Benjamin Hausen added:

"Watching this on the toilet 😭"

@Atoofah Fredericks shared:

"I'm running straight through the door."

@Corné Koen wrote:

"I'm going to set up an outside toilet right now."

Other Briefly News stories about snakes

• A professional snake catcher course in Pretoria featured a live Rinkhals, leaving many South Africans astonished.
• Details about a startling incident in which a man removed a large snouted cobra from inside a truck tyre in Pretoria left the local community deeply unsettled.
• A Facebook video captured a large snake calmly observing passing motorists in Reitz, igniting a lively debate among South Africans.

Source: Briefly News