It turns out that "sharp tap" was actually a bite from a python that had been curled up in the bowl. After recovering from the shock, Richards shut the lid and called in professional snake handlers.

A woman in New Hampshire was left terrified after finding a five-foot ball python slithering around her toilet - and police still don't know how it got there.

A venomous snake that was lurking in a Berks County basement bit a woman who was doing laundry.

A venomous snake that was lurking in a Berks County basement bit a woman who was doing laundry.

The owner of a 5-foot python has been reunited with their snake after a woman found it inside her apartment.