--- description: A man say she found a snake crawling out of the toilet in his office bathroom. title: Guy Finds Venomous Snake Crawling Out of Office Toilet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6228143037a2d23/698682a13bc9991af71a206c/toilet-bowl1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Finds Venomous Snake Slithering Out of Office Toilet  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 10, 2014 7:33 PM CUT  Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jul 10, 2014 7:33 PM CUT Ever been tempted to prank a colleague with a rubber snake on April Fools Day? Turns out an Alabama construction worker found a real snake crawling out of his office’s toilet over the weekend, WBRC [reports](http://www.myfoxal.com/story/25953227/female-officer-removes-snake-from-hueytown-office-toilet "undefined"). A member of the [Hueytown Police Department](https://www.facebook.com/hueytownpd/posts/10152961126266542 "undefined") grabbed the snake, believed to be a cottonmouth, and then drove to a place where she could “release it into the wild.” It could have been worse. A Texas woman found a 12-foot African rock python hugging the toilet in her [bathroom](http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/14/us/texas-python-found-bathroom/ "undefined") a couple of months ago. **MORE:** [75,000 Snakes Gather at The Most Terrifying Animal Meetup Ever](http://time.com/2933842/75000-snakes-gathered-in-most-terrifying-animal-meet-up-ever/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2973649/man-finds-venomous-snake-slithering-out-of-office-toilet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2973649/man-finds-venomous-snake-slithering-out-of-office-toilet/"},"headline":"Man Finds Venomous Snake Slithering Out of Office Toilet","datePublished":"2014-07-10T19:33:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:34.643Z","description":"Not an April Fools Day gag","url":"https://time.com/2973649/man-finds-venomous-snake-slithering-out-of-office-toilet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6228143037a2d23/698682a13bc9991af71a206c/toilet-bowl1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6228143037a2d23/698682a13bc9991af71a206c/toilet-bowl1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"toilet-bowl1","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2973649/man-finds-venomous-snake-slithering-out-of-office-toilet/","name":"Man Finds Venomous Snake Slithering Out of Office Toilet"}}]}] ```