Sunshine Coast couple endures 'python tsunami' after seven close encounters with snakes at their home this summer
Craig and Kelly Miles have always admired snakes from afar, but recently the reptiles have been coming too close for comfort.The Miles family is on the constant lookout for snakes, after seven separate encounters, including one where their puppy was nearly killedA Sunshine Coast snake catcher says steps can be taken to "snake-proof" a home
Mr Miles said the "python tsunami" included one terrifying encounter in which he was bitten, along with his two dogs."I was sitting in my study and I received a text message from my wife saying 'there's an enormous python in the bedroom, help'," Mr Miles said. The Miles family has spotted snakes in the area before, but never so many in such a short space of time."There was a moment of 'oh my goodness', because it was so big," Ms Miles said.The unwelcome visitor was relocated, but later that day another python came calling.Henry the spoodle was injured after confronting the carpet python that had a hold of the couple's other dog.
"We were freaking out ... I had to kind of crawl in ... I guess I just went into autopilot and I just grabbed the python ... picked it up and did an uncoil type of thing," Mr Miles said.
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