The surprise in the bowl

Nasty surprise hiding in the bowl:

ANSWERING the call of nature took on new meaning for Robert Eves when he discovered this monster serpent coiled in his toilet bowl.

In a scene only embodied in many peoples' worst nightmare, Mr Eves came face to scaled snout with the 2.7m carpet python during a night-time trip to his North Ward cottage's bathroom.

"It was about 9pm and I was going to the bathroom," Mr Eves, 65, said. "I saw a dark shape in the toilet, so I turned on the light to check what it was and there was the snake sitting quite happily in the bottom of the bowl."