Oct. 29 (UPI) — Police in a Chicago suburb are trying to find the owner of a large boa constrictor found in the bushes behind a home.
The Niles Police Department said a landscaper doing work behind a Niles home found the large snake slithering under a bush.
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Sara Ruane, a snake expert at Chicago’s Field Museum, identified the snake as a boa constrictor. She said the reptile was likely a pet that escaped or was abandoned by its owner.
Police said they are now trying to find the big snake’s owner.
The discovery came just two weeks after a ball python was found slithering under a car at the Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in nearby Dupage County. Authorities said they do not believe the two snake discoveries are related.