Python Loose In Johannesburg Estate Sends Tenant In Panic

Python Loose In Johannesburg Estate Sends Tenant In Panic

  • A Johannesburg estate has warned its tenants about a loose python in the area, prompting concern among residents
  • The estate management asked for help in identifying the snake's owner or determining if it had escaped
  • Although pythons are not venomous, the estate management warned that they could still pose a danger to children

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Python Loose In Johannesburg Estate Sends Tenant In Panic
A loose python puts Joburg residents on edge. @NalediMpanya/Twitter
Source: Twitter

A warning message from an estate in Johannesburg has made a tenant panic. Naledi Mpanya shared a Twitter post of the e-mail they received from management about the marauding serpent.

"If anyone knows who the snake belongs to [or] escape from please let us know," read the statement.

The message also further warned that although pythons weren't venomous, they could still be dangerous to children.

The search for a loose python in the Johannesburg estate continues

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Joburg has had a series of wildlife incidents in the last few months, with tigers on the loose. Naledi shared image of the message on her account. You can read it below:

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Netizens suggested that it may be time to move out

With the unknown snake's whereabouts, most people would not stay in their homes for too long. Here is what some of them had to say:

@Zuzie_K said:

"Lol, ube safety. Even at some estate I know, kuthiwa zihlezi ziphunyuka kubanikaz."

@PhahlaneLindiwe said:

"Yoh... I wouldn't survive in that complex "

@Coco79480709 added:

"Eish, with this load shedding....u may walk on it from the parking lot"

@_MsFrederica said:

"Ma'am, which city do you stay in?"

@FittedZi concluded:

"Someone left their financial accountant unattended bantu. "

Australian mom shares viral TikTok story waking up with snake in bed

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In other terrifying snake news, Briefly News reported on an Australian mother of three who woke to a meter-and-half-long python slithering in her bed at 4 am. The woman was sleeping with her fiancé and two children in the bed while the baby was in a cot beside them.

"I woke up with this cold feeling besides my stomach and down my leg," she said in the TikTok post. "Then I felt this thing move and I just knew in an instant that there was a snake in my bed."

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Tsoku Maela Tsoku is a writer and ethnographer interested in interdisciplinary research in mental health and the visual arts, travel, live television and digital editorial. He is an AFDA alumnus with a BA in Motion Picture medium and a Masters's candidate at SOAS University for Medical Anthropology. Tsoku has written for live television shows such as Hectic Nine-9 and Mzansi Insider. You can reach him at tsoku.maela@briefly.co.za

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