When police were called to conduct a welfare check on a woman acting hiss-terically on the side of the road they had absolutely no idea what they were about to get their fangs stuck in to.
Officers were called to reports of a barefoot woman on the side of the Monash Freeway, near the Toorak Road exit, attempting to flag down passing vehicles about 10.40am.
When police arrived at the scene, they were prepared for anything, except what came next.
The woman explained that she had been travelling at 80km/h on the freeway when she felt something on foot and looked down to find a deadly tiger snake slithering up her leg.
Remarkably, she was able to fend the snake off her and weave through traffic before pulling over and leaping out of her car to safety.
Still in a state of shock and needing to ensure she wasn’t bitten; the driver was assessed by paramedics while police pondered on how to deal with the snake.
Needless to say, slapping the cuffs on this offender wasn’t an option so officers called in specialist forces.
Tim from Melbourne Snake Control was contacted, quickly identified the tiger snake (the fourth most venomous snake in the world) and volunteered his services.
Passing motorists were left in bewilderment as the massive snake was safely removed from the vehicle.
And so ended one of the more bizarre welfare checks you’ll ever hear about.
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times… no two days are the same at Victoria Police.
