One of the many reasons I’ll never live in the wet tropics….

This is a story in last weeks, NT NEWS –

A TERRITORY man got the fright of his life – and learnt he should keep the toilet seat down – when he found a huge python in his dunny.

Erik Rantzau has been avoiding using his indoor loo – opting to use his outdoor toilet when nature calls – since he discovered the wild carpet python in the S-bend about four weeks ago.

“I just happened to be walking past the toilet and glanced in there and here was this snake in a massive coil just sitting up in the toilet,” he said.

“He was that big that he physically blocked the pipes.”

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