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Blackwater Python: Man Who Caught Snake Says Another Is On The Loose
Image caption,Zoltan Pohner said he had been keeping the reptile safe and warm in his home
A man who claims he managed to capture a python in a park now believes there may be a second one on the loose.
Zoltan Pohner, from Bournemouth, said he located the 6ft (1.8m) snake last week in Blackwater, Hampshire, and has been taking care of it ever since.
Police reported sightings of a carpet python there earlier this month.
However, on closer inspection, Mr Pohner said the snake he found has different markings to the one featured in the photo issued by officers.
This is the photo of a python seen in Oakfield Road, Blackwater, released by Hampshire Constabulary on 7 April
This is the snake Mr Pohner said he found and that he now believes is different from the one police were looking for
Mr Pohner said he spent three days trying to track down the reptile after reading reports of the police appeal on the BBC.
The snake enthusiast said he had only seen a low resolution photograph of the python before he found a python in the same place.
"When I found the snake I checked the head - it was almost identical and I didn't think there would be another one so I didn't really compare the pattern because why [would I]? I found the snake," he said.
He said it was only when he saw a higher definition version of the photograph that he realised it was "definitely not the same snake".
Carpet snakes, which are native to Australia, are not venomous and can be kept as pets.
Mr Pohner said he believed the snakes might have been dumped as a pair by somebody who had been unable to afford the cost of keeping them in a heated tank.
Hampshire Constabulary confirmed it had received a report that the python pictured in its appeal had been located.
The force urged the snake's owner to get in touch.
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Blackwater Python: Snake Catcher Says Police Appeal Python Found Dead
Image caption,Zoltan Pohner said he had been keeping the surviving reptile safe and warm in his home
A man who claims he captured a live python in a park following a police appeal has said he found a second snake dead in a nearby tree.
Snake enthusiast Zoltan Pohner, from Bournemouth, travelled to Blackwater in Hampshire last week to hunt for a carpet python reportedly on the loose.
Mr Pohner previously said he captured a snake and took it home, but it was not the one police were looking for.
But he said the dead snake has markings that match the police photo.
Hampshire Constabulary reported sightings of a carpet python in Blackwater earlier this month.
Mr Pohner said he spent three days looking for the reptile before locating a 1.8m-long (6ft) snake.
However, after inspecting the police photo more closely, he concluded there must be a second carpet python on the loose.
Police tweeted this photo of a python seen in Oakfield Road, Blackwater, on 7 April
Mr Pohner said the markings on the dead snake "100% matched" the one tweeted by police
He believes the dead snake, which he found on Wednesday night, was the male partner of the snake he rescued last week.
It was 220cm-long (7ft) and its markings "100% matched" the pattern on the photo tweeted by police, he said.
Carpet snakes, which are native to Australia, are not venomous and can be kept as pets.
Mr Pohner said he believed the snakes might have been dumped as a pair by somebody who had been unable to afford the cost of keeping them in a heated tank.
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