Boa Constrictor Toilet - A a 5 1/2-foot boa constrictor has San Diego officials baffled as to how it wound up in a toilet at an office building. The boa constrictor toilet emergence was first witnessed by PR Firm founder Stephanie Lacsa.
Lacsa works at a G Street marketing and public relations company. She told San Diego County authorities that she had the boa constrictor toilet experience after she went to the second-floor restroom Tuesday and noticed the water level in the toilet was higher than usual.
Lacsa plunged the toilet and later a snake popped up and flicked its tongue. She immediately ran out of the bathroom screaming and taped its door shut using an adhesive tape, reports CBS News.
After Lacsa experienced the boa constrictor toilet appearance, animal control got the call to come out to take over the situation, CNN reports. The animal control officer said the reptile was a giant Columbian rainbow boa constrictor. The officer found the snake on the floor, shedding and slightly underweight.
While the origins of the boa constrictor toilet incident remain a mystery, Lacsa believes it's because of the old pipes in the 1800s-era building.
"I thought my eyes were deceiving me," Lacsa said. "But as soon I saw the flicker of its tongue, I definitely knew that it was in fact a large snake heading straight towards me."
Even the county animal services officer was shocked with the boa constrictor toilet emergence. The animal control officer reportedly told the women she had never seen anything like this incident in her career.
She called the boa constrictor toilet experience "the stuff of urban legends."
According to the officer, the Colombian rainbow boa may have gotten stuck in the pipes for a few days, especially since it was underweight and in the process of shedding its skin, according to NBC San Diego.
Meanwhile, Lacsa's business partner, Holly Wells, blames the boa constrictor toilet appearance on the building's fixtures.
"Our building, which is the Old San Diego City Hall, was built in 1886, so we are accustomed to the old pipes and stubborn plumbing," she said.
After the boa constrictor toilet incident, the reptile was taken to an animal care facility. It reportedly even bit a handler. Wells is hoping that the snake could find a good home, and with people who leave their toilet seats down. CBS affiliate KFMB reports that if no one claims the boa, it will later be turned over to a group specializing in caring for abandoned reptiles.
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