How would you feel if a giant snake peeked at you from the supermarket's product shelf?
For an Australian resident of Sydney, this question became a reality when she discovered on the spice shelf in the neighborhood supermarket a giant three-meter-tall python, looking at her from a distance of 20 centimeters.
The extraordinary experience happened to Lehina Alatti, when she went to buy products at the Australian writers' chain Woolworths.
She told her story to a local news channel: "I was shopping and suddenly his head was 20 inches away from me, he was just looking at me and the feeling was that he was asking me to take him out of the writer."
She added that the snake was calm and peaceful.
Helaina Alati was browsing shelves in Sydney when she came face-to-face with a 3m (10ft) diamond python, which she caught and released.
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Luckily for Helena, in the past she volunteered at a reptile center, which helped her avoid an anxiety attack, and so she was able to take the snake and release it outside the store.
Leina posted her story on social media and of course received many comments.
One respondent wrote, "Oh, you were literally having a heart attack in your place," another remarked, "Wow, what a shock I would have been in! No one expects such a thing," and another respondent concluded, "She caught it? I would have moved to another planet."