TULSA, Okla. (KOKI) – A woman in Oklahoma was getting ready for bed one night this week when she fluffed her pillow and felt something sharp.
“It was pretty freaky and terrifying,” Donna Bratschun said.
When she pulled back her pillow she was met with a snake. Bratschun said when she saw it she froze because it just didn’t make sense.
“It’s one thing to get into your house, it’s another thing to find your bed, climb your bed and cuddle under your pillow,” Bratschun said.
She was concerned that she wasn’t sure what kind of snake it was because it had bitten her.
“It didn’t break the skin, but it did leave teeth marks. And it was pretty tender,” Bratschun said.
The snake, not a baby and not yet an adult, coiled up while Bratschun took out her phone and called her husband who was in the house.
Her husband put on thick gloves and got a container.
“My husband finally came to the conclusion that it was nonvenomous, and it was a bull snake,” Bratschun said.
According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, bull snakes are fairly common in Green County, where they live.
“They’re not poisonous. They typically eat small rodents,” Jobe said. “Some rat snakes actually eat poisonous snakes, and so they’re good to have in your yard or around, but not necessarily in your house.”
Jobe explained the snakes can fit through spaces as small as an inch. She said it’s very common for snakes to take shelter just like people, especially in the winter.
“They want to be warm and snakes specifically can’t regulate their own body temperature, so, they seek warmth typically in burrows, but sometimes occasionally, we’ll see them in people’s houses,” Jobe said.
Bratschun said the snake may have hitched a ride on plants they brought inside before they left for Thanksgiving and then slithered its way to the coziest place in the house.
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