A veteran snake catcher has been left stunned after discovering a giant curled-up carpet python concealed underneath a suburban garden bin. <br /><br />The python was found under a green wheelie bin by Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers wrangler Stuart McKenzie - who said the serpent was 'double the size of what I was thinking'.<br /><br />The snake catcher warned homeowners to be wary of a small gap underneath their backyard bins, but said even he was shocked to discover the actual size of the python at a home in the Sunshine Coast suburb of Nambour.<br /><br />'Holy! Look at the size of it! That is double the size of what I was thinking,' he said in footage filmed in the home's courtyard.<br />Mr McKenzie brought a pillow case with him in the hope of using it to snare the python but knew it would be insufficient for the task once he discovered the task at hand.<br /><br />Despite him holding up the snake to reveal it was even longer than him, the resident who first made the discovery said she 'wasn't even frightened' of the huge animal. <br /><br />'I was called out to a retirement village and the three old ladies who found it said the python was about 3m long - I wasn't expecting them to be spot on!' Mr McKenzie told Daily Mail Australia<br />The fact it was under a bin I thought there was no way a snake that big could fit there,' he said.<br /><br />'I’m going to be terrified taking the bins out from now on,' one social media user wrote in response to the video.<br /><br />'Absolutely beautiful! I can’t believe that snake fit under the wheelie bin,' another wrote. <br />The clip has been shared almost 7,500 times and has more than 6,700 likes since first being posted on Monday.<br /><br />Although carpet pythons are non-venomous to humans, their bite can still cause significant damage including severe punctures and lacerations.<br /><br />The Queensland snake catcher on Monday issued a warning to the public after capturing a huge red belly after it slithered through a school.<br />Mr McKenzie told Daily Mail Australia he had seen a number of large adult snakes on the move through the Sunshine Coast region.<br /><br />'It's been hectic,' Mr McKenzie said. 'It's that time of year. All the big adult snakes are out and about and mating and all the boys are fighting each other.'<br /><br />Mr McKenzie was called to relocate an enormous red belly black snake on Friday after it snuck its way through the playground to the back of a school. <br />It was very big for a red belly,' he said. 'A good four-and-a-half to five foot and fat and chunky.<br /><br />'The teachers did a great job of keeping the kids away.'<br /><br />Mr McKenzie estimated the snake was around eight-years-old and among a wealth of elder snakes travelling about on the Sunshine Coast lately.<br /><br /><br /><br />
