Excuse Me Is That A Snake In Your

A mysterious smell in a family saloon car led mechanics to a grisly find – a dead snake behind the instrument panel.

Staff at Murketts Garage in Histon Road, Cambridge, said they spent about three hours exploring a Vauxhall Astra before locating a 3ft python.

“It’s a bit of a mystery how it got there,” said a garage spokesman. “The man who brought the car said he didn’t have a pet snake.

“We couldn’t understand how it got there and hoped it wasn’t a joke.”

The garage had dealt with mysteries like this before but nothing quite so exotic.

This should story should make Soccer Dad quite happy.