BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A snake slithered out of the engine compartment of a man's SUV when he stopped to get gasoline, causing a bit of commotion at the station.
Scott Naylor, of Bethlehem, was at a Wawa convenience store in the city on Friday morning when a woman at the gas pump next to him began yelling, police said.
A boa constrictor more than 5 feet long was emerging from Naylor's engine compartment, police said. It slithered out to the store's parking lot, where police were able to capture it.
"It created quite a traffic jam there, because everybody wanted to see the snake," said police Detective Mark DiLuzio said. "(It's) something you don't see every day in a Wawa parking lot."
Naylor told authorities the snake wasn't his and that he had no clue it was in his vehicle, police said.
A wildlife control expert suggested the cold-blooded snake, which might have been an escaped pet, went up into Naylor's engine block to keep warm.
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