Frightening video shows a snake catcher freeing a huge carpet python from behind a plug socket at a home in Queensland, Australia

A homeowner in Australia was shocked to discover a snake lurking behind a plug socket after noticing his electricity wasn't working.

In this dramatic video, a huge carpet python is seen trapped behind the socket causing smoke to waft out from the wall.

A snake catcher, Richie Gilbert, attended the scene at the house in Maroochy River, Queensland, Australia but had difficulty removing the snake.

Eventually he managed to free the repile.

He said: "It took me around an hour to remove the snake. Understandably it was really scared and had curled up quite tight."

"I had to make two holes in the wall as the python wouldn't move just out of one. I had to use a bandage to help lure him out."

The snake had received some wounds from an electric shock and was later taken to the Australia Zoo for treatment.

Watch the dramatic video at the top of the page to see the moment the carpet python is freed from behind the plug socket.

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