A boa constrictor-type snake was spotted near a playground in Coquitlam River Park Saturday morning. Daphne Mercier, mother of CBC Radio announcer Stephanie Mercier, was walking with her granddaughter near the playground when another woman walking by alerted her to the snake lounging on a wooden fence. An RCMP officer watches a snake in a Coquitlam park on Saturday. Abandoned snakes a growing issueIt's not the first time a pet snake has been spotted in the Lower Mainland. Last month an exotic snake set loose inside Tynehead Regional Park in Surrey was rescued after it was spotted by a surprised hiker.

Source: CBC News June 27, 2020 20:03 UTC