Snake Hiding in Bed Bites Woman While She's Fluffing Pillows: 'It Did Leave Teeth Marks'

A woman fluffing her pillows before bed was met with a sharp surprise when a snake, who had found its way into her house and under her pillow, bit her.

Oklahoma woman Donna Bratschun told local news station KOKI that one night in December, she was getting ready to go to bed when she froze after discovering a snake nestled under her pillow. Unfortunately, her reactions weren't quick enough, and the snake bit her before she could move a safe distance away.

"It's one thing for it to get into your house; it's another thing for it to find your bed, climb your bed, and cuddle under your pillow," Bratschun told the station.

At first, Bratschun said she was concerned about the bite as she couldn't tell what type of snake had made its new home in her bed.

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"It didn't break the skin, but it did leave teeth marks. And it was pretty tender," she said.

In response to the reptile intruder, she enlisted her husband for help. He removed the snake from the bedroom using thick gloves and a container.

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According to Bratschun, her husband concluded that the snake was non-venomous and likely a bull snake — a common snake in the area of Oklahoma where the couple lives.

According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.

Jobe also explained that bull snakes can fit through spaces as small as an inch wide and that it is common for the snakes to take shelter indoors when the weather gets colder.

"They want to be warm, and snakes specifically can't regulate their own body temperature, so they seek warmth typically in burrows, but sometimes occasionally, we'll see them in people's houses," she said.

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Bratschun said the snake may have hitched a ride on plants her family brought inside before they left for Thanksgiving and then slithered its way to the warmest place it could find in the house.

This isn't the first snake to crash someone's bedtime routine.

Just last week, a man in Stellenbosch, South Africa, returned home to find a live cape cobra curled underneath a pillow in his bed.

According to UPI, the man called Stellenbosch Snake Removals for help. The company sent an expert snake catcher, Emile Rossouw, to remove the reptilian intruder.

However, unlike the bull snake found in the Oklahoma couple's home, Stellenbosch Snake Removals noted that cape cobras are "highly venomous" in a video posted Nov. 24 on Facebook,

"This snake varies in color from near black to dark or light brown, beige, yellow, or speckled, while juveniles have a dark band on the throat. The Cape Cobra is easily confused with the Mole Snake and the Black Spitting Cobra," the company shared on Facebook, along with a clip of Rossouw removing the cape cobra from the home.

"It is by far our most dangerous cobra, and with the Black Mamba, it accounts for the majority of fatal snake bites in South Africa," they added.

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