Massive python falls out of sofa donated to recycling company

By Lauren Beavis via SWNS

Staff cleaning a donated sofa were stunned after a massive python fell out.

The large snake dropped out of the furniture as it was being prepped by Cunninghame Furniture Recycling (CFRC).

The non-for-profit upcyclers based in Irvine, North Ayrshire, saves unwanted furniture and white goods from landfill.

They had received the sofa as a donation from a member of the public and warehouse staff were cleaning it.

But 'their soul left their body' when the massive python fell out from inside.

Spokesman Scott Mould said: "Nothing like this has ever happened before.

"People keep these animals as pets but the customer who donated the sofa to us confirmed they had gotten it second hand, and had never kept snakes.

"So it could have been the previous owner, and the snake had been in there all this time.''

After posting images on social media people suggested the dead snake was a royal python, a species native to West and Central Africa.

Scott added: "Quite sadly you expect to find needles or things that might do them harm - but you certainly do not expect a snake to pop out!

"It is quite unusual and definitely quite an odd one! We disposed of it as it is not something you want lying about.

"It is always best to purchase your reuse items from a reputable reuse charity that has official quality and cleaning standards and processes.

"But don't let this discourage you from buying reuse from others as this is a very, very rare downside."