16-foot albino python caught after wandering Texas neighborhood for months, photos show

A massive white and yellow snake seen slithering around a Texas neighborhood for months has finally been wrangled, photos show.

The 16-foot albino reticulated python is hard to miss, like an extremely long banana slithering through the grass and along the sidewalks of the Coronado Hills neighborhood in northeast Austin.

When the Austin Animal Center received a call on Monday, Dec. 19, from residents describing a huge, pink-eyed snake they had caught and were keeping at their home, wildlife workers assumed the details were a bit exaggerated, the center said in a Facebook post.

“We get it! Spotting a nope rope in the wild can be scary,” the post said. “But when Officer Moorman arrived to the residence, he was indeed greeted by an unhappy 16 ft long albino reticulated python.”

Sightings of the colorful snake in Coronado Hills date back to July, according to the center, and recent low temperatures made the snake lethargic and easy to catch.

But where had it come from? The Texas hill country is not the ideal environment for a jungle-loving snake.

A social media post from the summer had the answer.

The snake’s owner was visiting from out of town when someone broke into his vehicle, he wrote in a Nextdoor post, pleading for help finding their “gentle giant” pet named “Snow.”

The thief stole a tote bag from the car, likely clueless there was a reptilian surprise inside, according to the post.

“Oh to see the look on the thief’s face when they opened it up,” the center said.

Wildlife officials spoke with the owner and he drove back to Austin to retrieve his long-lost companion.

“This story has a very happy ending,” the center said. “Snow has been reunited with her owner and Coronado Hills no longer has to be on the lookout for a giant python.

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