# Woman Finds Tiger Snake Coiled Around Her Christmas Tree

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/family/occasions/christmas/woman-finds-tiger-snake-coiled-around-her-christmas-tree/
- Published: 2016-12-20T11:49:07+11:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## _Of all the presents expected this Christmas, here is one this woman did not expect — nor perhaps ever wanted._

In a [Facebook](https://web.facebook.com/Snakecatchervictoria/photos/pb.122312694465257.-2207520000.1482190111./1445526832143830/?type=3&theater)
post by snake catcher, Barry Goldsmith, he said that he responded a call from a 
woman, named Cheryl, after she discovered a deadly tiger snake in her home at Frankston,
in Melbourne’s south-east, on Sunday.

Mr Goldsmith, who runs Snake Catcher Victoria, wrote in the post that Cheryl found
the metre-long tiger snake, which was wrapped around her Christmas tree.

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> “Cheryl from Frankston got an early Christmas surprise this morning when she found
> a new decoration had been added to her tree.
> “She didn’t panic, she just took a photo and sent it to the snake catcher, me,
> and 20 minutes later I had the little bugger in a bag,” he wrote.

Mr Goldsmith said that Cheryl was “very happy to see the snake go but she was very
relaxed.”

“Usually I get people screaming and hysterical and shaking and having seizures just
at the thought of having a snake in the house. But she was pretty cool” he said.

He also said the snake was “never going to hurt anybody” and Cheryl did just the
right thing. “The only time the snake becomes a dangerous animal is when somebody
tries to hurt it. If you try to attack a snake or kill a snake then the chances 
of getting bitten increase hugely,” he said.

The snake was removed and relocated to a friend’s bush property nearby.

Source: [Abc.net.au](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-19/tiger-snake-found-in-christmas-tree-decorations-frankston/8131764?sf47265229=1)

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
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age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
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