Snake catcher battles two-metre black mamba in Cato Manor home

It was snake catcher versus a two-metre-long black mamba in an interesting game of hide-and-seek after a woman saw a huge snake slither into her kitchen on Wednesday.

Warren Dick said he met the woman at the side of the road in Cato Manor who told her that the snake was "thicker than her wrist", and she managed to trap it inside the house.

Dick said he followed the woman to the house, and despite a search, they could not find the snake. Dick left the house and received a frantic call a short while later that the snake was spotted.

"When I arrived I was told the snake was behind the cupboards in the kitchen, she had seen it's head sticking out. I moved everything in the kitchen again and nothing. This crafty snake was MIA again. I started checking behind all the furniture again, till I got to the dining room table, and there I spotted the snakes tail on a chair, it was moving down into some stuff in the corner. Yay, I found it," Dick said.

He said the snake was hiding behind a curtain.

"I carefully got the snake tongs on its neck, game over for this crafty Mamba. Once I had it in hand it burst into life though, trying it's best to wriggle free but I had a firm grip and soon got it into my bucket," he said.

The snake, around 2.5-metres-long seemed to have been feasting on rats in the area.

He said relieved residents thanked him for his work with a round of applause, songs and dancing.

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