An animal rescuer found a snake hiding underneath a resident's mattress in eastern India's Cuttack.<br /><br />Sarat Panda called Snake Helpline after he spotted a snake in his house on August 25.<br /><br />Snake Helpline employees Lalit Mohan Panda and Durga Madhav Mohapatra searched Sarat Panda's house but could not locate the snake.<br /><br />After sitting on a mattress they saw a quick movement and immediately lifted it to find the 5-foot-long Indian cobra.<br /><br />Lalit Panda said: "As I sat down to turn on the TV, the snake was right by my side. I was stunned and started shivering in fear."<br /><br />"It was a lucky escape for both Lalit and the family. Due to heavy rains snakes are trying to find refuge inside houses,” said Subhendu Mallik, General Secretary of Snake Helpline.<br /><br />The snake was later released in a natural habitat far from the village.
