In the kind of nightmare scenario dreaded by anyone contemplating a visit to Australia, a woman in Brisbane woke up with a heavy weight on her chest, only to find that it was an 8ft-long python.

A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top ...

It's fair to say when a Brisbane resident woke up to discover a carpet python curled up on top of her, she was rattled.

Rachel Bloor had assumed the heavy weight on her chest was her dog.

Py don’t believe it. A stunned woman woke up to find an 8-foot python on her chest after it slithered through the bedroom ...

Rachel Bloor got the shock of her life after she reached out to stroke what she thought was her pet dog in Brisbane, ...

An Australian snake catcher was called to a home in Flaxton, Queensland, after a woman reported an intruder python.Dan ...

When Brisbane resident Rachel Bloor felt something heavy on her, she initially thought it was her labradoodle - it was a 2.5m snake.

In an astonishing turn of events, a Brisbane woman awoke to find herself sharing her bed with a 2.5-meter carpet python. Rachel Bloor's unexpected encounter with the non-venomous snake has captured ...

Rachel Bloor was asleep when the 2.5m metre reptile slithered its way up to her second-storey bedroom in Brisbane and curled up on top of her. She initially thought the snake was her pet labradoodle ...

A Brisbane woman has woken to a terrifying surprise after a 2.5-metre python slipped through her bedroom window and curled up ...

If they reach the ecosystem's carrying capacity in the Everglades, the pythons will spread, and that likely means into backyards.