Wandering into hallway full of snakes is something you would think came straight out of an action-packed new Indiana Jones or Lara Croft flick, certainly not a sight you would want to come home to at a luxurious high-rise apartment.
Residents of the Rice Lofts in Downtown Houston on Saturday were greeted by an unwelcome guest, an aggresive albino cobra in the hallways.
The residents were unsurprisingly unnerved by the presence of the poisonous animal and immediately informed the management of the Rice Luxury Apartments, who immediately contacted the police.
"It was sort of just hanging out in the middle of the hallway. It had raised its head a little bit like you would see in Indiana Jones or something. Enough to know: 'I should not go near that.' I turn the corner I hear a guy scream 'Watch out,' and there's a cobra, and I just back up. I may have let out an expletive or two," said resident, Ethan Shear, who saw the cobra in the hallway and encountered it again when he walked towards his car.
Shear also managed to snap a photo of the cobra, indeed in an aggressive stance with it's head held high.
A pest control company was called in to remove the snake safely with a broom. According to reports, snaked control experts also inspected other areas of the third floor, where the cobra was found, and common areas of the apartment building, and no other exotic animals were found. Still, residents were told to be cautious about where they stepped.
Although it is still unsure how the snake ended up in the luxury residence in the first place, some residents report that another resident, who was asked to leave the building months before, may have had a cobra in his possession.
The snake, however, has since been euthanized, according to Josie Moss, whose pest control company removed the creature. She adds that although efforts were made by her company to find a home for it, they were unable to because of its venomous and aggresive nature.
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