In the kind of nightmare scenario dreaded by anyone contemplating a visit to Australia, a woman in Brisbane woke up with a heavy weight on her chest, only to find that it was an 8ft-long python.

Rachel Bloor got the shock of her life after she reached out to stroke what she thought was her pet dog in Brisbane, Australia ...

A sleeping woman thought her dog had curled up atop her when feeling some weight, but her husband gave the shocking news with a warning, “Don’t move.” ...

A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top of her chest Monday night.

Rachel Bloor had assumed the heavy weight on her chest was her dog.

BANGKOK (AP) — A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.