A five-foot-long snake has been spotted slithering down the street near a holiday resort popular with Brits.
The serpent was seen wriggling along the pavement by a shocked local woman.
Firefighters were called out to catch it.
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They were able to use a grabber to pick it up and put it in a plastic container.
It sparked panic in the town of Estepona, on the outskirts of Marbella, Spain.
The upmarket resort is home to over 3,300 Brit expats and 80,000 holidaymakers from the UK go there each year.
The snake was spotted at 3 pm last Thursday (6 Feb).
It’s not clear what species of snake it was.
Both non-venomous and venomous snakes are commonly found in the area.
It was released back into the wild.
A Málaga Provincial Fire Brigade spokesperson: “Our Estepona crew stepped in to rescue a snake found loose on the padel court at Las Mesas Sports Complex on Eslovenia Street.
“The animal was safely captured and released back into its natural habitat without harm.”
It comes after shoppers were stunned last week when wild boars stormed a mall, as reported by Need To Know.
Footage shows how about nine pigs of various sizes trotted through the shopping centre without a care in the world.
Women could be seen holding their children in their arms as the animals headed towards an escalator going down.
A piglet could be seen turning around and darting towards the others after curiously straying towards shoppers.
The bizarre scenes were filmed inside the Miramar Shopping Centre in Fuengirola – just along the Costa del Sol coast.
It’s believed the wild boars entered the complex through a door near the outside car park.
They were eventually shooed back out by security.
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