On March 16, experienced snake handler Jeremy De Haan was called out to the family home where a non-venomous coastal carpet python had caught and consumed the family pet.

Residents in Prosperity, S.C., are sleeping peacefully now that a monstrous python on the loose has been captured.

The snake was 4.3 feet long and thinner than a human wrist, Harrison's Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher said, which led to the snake struggling to eat its furry meal.