Nagasaki man lifts his apartment toilet lid to find terrifying surprise inside

I am surprised that Japan allows such animals to be imported. I guess it is ok because the middle men are probably Japanese importers, so maybe it is a combination of brown envelopes and ignorance.

In places like Florida, the local government has put a $100 bounty on these types of snakes because they are wrecking havoc on the local ecosystem.

People are buying these animals not realizing responsibilities involved then release them into the wild. They are killing and eating everything in the wild with no natural predators to stop them.

I also believe agents from unfriendly nations like China or paid by China sometimes purposely release such animals in the US to cause havoc on its ecosystem in hopes weakening it. It is no different than China and Russia being caught hacking the US government and private businesses.

The owner should have called when he was unable to dislodge it, obviously he knows nothing about snakes and there tendency to be free and crawl around.

“I was so surprised I didn’t need to go anymore,” the man said.

There could have been an entirely different reaction, indeed an opposite one, from some people.

3 days to solve this case?? the very first thought would be the apartment above or below.

The next day! Why would it take so long for someone come to remove the snake?

I always keep an eye on my big snake

As soon as read the headline I guessed what it was. Such cases are not unusual and pop up from time to time.

Once in Nagasaki I found a snake in the toilet as well, a tiny one coming up from a window and that was easily convinced to go back outside with the help of a newspaper. That was stressing enough for the time I stayed in that room, can't imagine how would I react with a full grown one.

Lucky man! If it was a Cobra, an Australian Brown Snake or a Black Mamba,

it would have bitten him and, he would not have been able to dress himself in time to go to the hospital before he died. And even if someone in the apartment was there to help him get to the hospital in time, the hospital may not have any anti-venom to save him. Dangerous pets should never be allowed in any country in the world.

That must've been awfully difficult to pass.

I swear there's a superstition or urban legend about snakes in the toilet.

Btw, what is with the faucet on top of the toilet tank? Is that also the sin

That's a common toilet in Japan where the toilet is in a separate room from the bathroom. I think its a brilliant idea, no wasted water. The water from washing your hands goes into the tank. But you really need to check out the smart toilets in Japan.

Snakes on a drain. The drain snake.

If that doesn't make my daughter in law to put the lid down, I don't know what will.

I remember a story from Thailand a few years ago about a man who sat down on his toilet without looking and was bitten on the crotch by a snake in the bowl. A specialist was brought in to remove the snake from the guy’s groin. Japanese guy was lucky it wasn’t a dangerous snake but that would still scare me.

I was so surprised I didn’t need to go anymore

That's even more disgusting.

The only surprises I've seen in the toilet pan is the sewers regurgitating, with horrible results.

My cat likes to hang out in the shower and lap up water here and there-he also does pest control

@runner3

The next day! Why would it take so long for someone come to remove the snake?

Because the day he found it was a Sunday, so I guess they weren't working until the next day. Quite shocking and unacceptable if you ask me...

There's other stuff in this article that really annoy me:

It managed to escape the tub and wedge itself into a small space between the toilet tank and the wall, where the owner could not remove it, and though he tried to keep an eye on it, the snake had managed to disappear by October 1.

Why the heck doesn't this idiot INFORM the authorities immediately after ir disappeared, or even before when it was stuck and he couldn't remove it?! This guy is on the same level as those other parasites who leave the dead corpses of their parents in the house.

“I’m sorry for causing so much trouble,” he said. “I’m going to make an effort to learn more about snakes now.”

Double face palm....no, you should have learned more about snakes BEFORE you got one, you irresponsible FOOl!

Talk about clogging up the works! That could have caused some serious constipation had he sat down.

resumably, the snake managed to enter the plumbing and climb up to the second floor by October 2, where it was then discovered by the owner’s hapless upstairs neighbor. 

i would’ve been beyond pissed. Bats to the head.

In Japan, finding cockroaches ("gokiburi") in your home is more common, especially if in an older residence. Lifting the lid, and checking around it, is common sense, for avoiding an unfortunate sensual experience...

Same in the southeastern US. Plus they fly. Some of them are big enough to have given that boa a good fight.

Phew. Only a snake.

From the headline I figured someone blew it up and forgot to flush.

Haven't even read a word after, but the title was great!

Drain lines have vent pipes through the roof to allow the water to flow out to the sewer. Critters can crawl down the vent pipes and come up through the commode. Surprise! We just had the roof vents on our home screened over so we don't have to worry about that problem. Snakes are another story however. We have had the occasional harmless Red Racer in our office but other offices have been visited by rattlesnakes. Lots of people keep various kinds of Boas as pets. Feeding them is revolting so it's not the pet for me but I have known lots of people who love them.

Btw, what is with the faucet on top of the toilet tank? Is that also the sink?

“I’m sorry for causing so much trouble,” he said. “I’m going to make an effort to learn more about snakes now.”

Considering the bar was already in the toilet, I suppose anything is an improvement.

“On the morning of the 5th, the owner saw the news about the discovered snake and guessed it might be his, so he contacted the police station, who returned the snake to him.”

Guessed it might be his?

That’d be some coincidence if it wasn’t, wouldn’t it?

“I was so surprised I didn’t need to go anymore,” the man said.

There could have been an entirely different reaction, indeed an opposite one, from some people.

I'm wondering if it was just a polite way of saying, "... instead, I'll now need to clean my pants."

In Japan, finding cockroaches ("gokiburi") in your home is more common, especially if in an older residence. Lifting the lid, and checking around it, is common sense, for avoiding an unfortunate sensual experience...

Suggest you think about it too...

Here in Florida, I personally had large FROGS come out of the toilet several times.

Twice we found them on the wall in the bathroom and once in the living room, before we found it.

I often have snakes in my garden. Once or twice in my house. I’ve been bitten twice. Each time two weeks in bed. I wouldn’t like to bitten in the dangly part in my toilet.