In the middle of the night on Monday, Rachel Bloor stirred in her bed to find a heavy weight curled up on her chest.
Half asleep, she reached out for her dog - and instead found herself petting a smooth, slithering object.
As Bloor retreated further under the covers and pulled them up to her neck while her partner switched on the bedside lamp, the Brisbane couple's fears were quickly confirmed.
"He goes, 'Oh baby. Don't move. There's like a 2.5m python on you," Bloor told the BBC.
Her first words were an expletive. The second were an order to evacuate the dogs.
