Something weird was moving in his car, so he called the police

A resident of Botánico Street alerted the local police in Valencia because something unusual was going on with his vehicle, which was parked in the garage. He could hear noises coming from the engine—something was moving.

At around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday 24 May, an environmental unit patrol (UMA) and another from the Patraix district attended the scene and were surprised by what they found inside the engine. They then called for support from the fire brigade.

It turned out to be an animal. A three-metre-long snake was moving inside the engine, and in order to extract it, parts of the engine had to be dismantled over the course of nearly two hours. Eventually, the snake was located behind the front headlight of the vehicle.

It was later taken to the Bird, Urban Avifauna and Exotic Species Centre run by Valencia City Council. The species in question was a Montpellier snake, also known as culebra bastarda.

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