Boa Constrictor slithers out of toilet in San Diego office building

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It sounds like an urban legend — except it isn’t.

A 5½-foot boa constrictor slithered out of a toilet in a downtown office late Tuesday afternoon.

Yes, it’s true.

The wayward snake made his startling appearance in a PR firm’s restroom on the second floor of the old San Diego City Hall building at 5th Avenue and G Street in the Gaslamp.

Stephanie Lacsa and Holly Wells, co-founders of Vertical PR + Marketing, got the shock of their lives when their uninvited visitor appeared.

Plumbing problem? The snake’s discovery came after Lacsa noticed the water in the toilet was unusually high. So she grabbed a plunger. Never did she expect the head and beady eyes of a snake to pop up as she plunged.

“As soon I saw the flicker of its tongue, I definitely knew that it was, in fact, a large snake heading straight toward me,” said Lacsa.
Woman finds snake in toilet

She ran out of the bathroom, taped the door shut and called the county Department of Animal Services for help.

When a county officer arrived, they opened to the door to discover the boa had crawled out of the toilet and was coiled behind its base. “I just couldn’t believe my eyes,” said Wells.

Where is he now? The boa now is in the custody of Animal Services, where Deputy Director Dan DeSousa reports they found a few mites and it’s underweight (4.78 pounds) but in good condition overall.

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