Ms Boxall only discovered it hiding in a shoe - complete with shed skin - as she unpacked at her Stirlingshire home. The snake was taken outside in the shoe and contained by a relative until Scottish SPCA staff arrived in Bridge of Allan. The snake had begun to shed skin inside the shoe. Scottish SPCA animal rescue officer Taylor Johnstone said: "I can confirm that we removed a snake from a property in Bridge of Allan. "When I arrived, the snake had been contained by the caller, so I safely removed the snake from the property.

Source: Daily Nation February 26, 2019 10:59 UTC