Overview

• A 76-year-old woman discovered a motionless king python measuring over a meter in a forest near Kröning and contacted police with photos.
• At the police station the cold-exposed snake warmed up and attempted to flee before fire crews transferred it to the Munich reptile rescue station.
• Staff at the rescue center have placed the python in quarantine and are conducting disease screenings over concerns of cold-induced lung inflammation.
• Police suspect deliberate abandonment of the reptile given the unlikely escape under low temperatures and are awaiting any owner to come forward.
• If no owner claims it, the rescue center will arrange a new home for the python.