KANE COUNTY, Ill. — A wildlife expert this week helped capture a python that sought refuge on a woman’s car.
Brad Lundsteen of Suburban Wildlife Control says the job was among the top 10 strangest scenarios he’s encountered.
The reptile was first spotted in a neighborhood in Geneva on Tuesday before it made its way under the vehicle. After multiple efforts to remove the reptile, the car was driven to an area body shop where it could be lifted to grant Lundsteen easier access.
“This snake was wedged in, and when I say wedged in, I had gloves first — I wasn’t sure how big it was at first — and pythons do have teeth, so I was trying to pull with gloves. I couldn’t get my fingers around it. So I threw the gloves off and then went barehanded to get my finger around it. It took me a half hour of trying to finesse it and work it to get it out of that thing. It was like stuck in there. It had itself wrapped around — I mean, they wrap around, they’re constrictors,” he said.
The snakes are not common in Illinois.
The python is now on a farm awaiting transfer to a reptile rescue facility.
