Litter pickers regularly encounter the same types of rubbish, from fast food cartons to cigarette wrappers.

Maria Clutterbuck phoned the police after finding the snakes (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
Maria Clutterbuck phoned the police after finding the snakes (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
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But one eco-minded volunteer made an unusual discovery while litter picking on Good Friday.

Maria Clutterbuck picks litter daily and spotted two pillowcases by a wall in her hometown of Hucclecote, Gloucester.

At first she thought they were two bags of sand left over from road works, but closer inspection revealed the cases contained four large snakes.

Mrs Clutterbuck, 54, said: ‘I realised they were cable-tied pillowcases and I think then my gut instinct knew something alive was inside.

‘My first thought was that the bags might contain puppies or kittens, but I had a feel of the curves and it felt like snakeskin.

‘Then I nudged one of the pillowcases gently with my foot and it moved – I confess I squealed a bit.’

Mrs Clutterbuck made the discovery at 9pm and reported the discovery to emergency services as her local reptile shop was closed.

‘When I called the police, I did wonder how much of a fool I’d look if they turned out to be washing machine hoses or something,’ she added.

One of the police officers ‘let out a squeal’ when they discovered the snakes (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
One of the police officers ‘let out a squeal’ when they discovered the snakes (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
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Mrs Clutterbuck immediately thought the cases contained live animals (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
Mrs Clutterbuck immediately thought the cases contained live animals (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
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The reptiles were docile after being outside in the cold for at least six hours (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
The reptiles were docile after being outside in the cold for at least six hours (Picture: Maria Clutterbuck/SWNS)
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‘But I was 99 per cent sure they were snakes – and when the police arrived and opened them up, I was right.

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‘The police came very quickly, I think they had been doubting if they were snakes.

‘But one of the police offers cut them open, and when she saw, she squealed as well.

‘They would not have survived the night – it was four degrees when I found them.

‘It got down to freezing that night too – they would not have survived the temperatures.’

Mrs Clutterbuck suspected the owner may have dumped the reptiles due to increasing energy bills and the cost to run a vivarium.

Snakes are cold-blooded reptiles, meaning they need constant heat to live, and all four were ‘docile’ once rescued due to being in the cold for so long.

The reptiles had been left outside for at least six hours, as a friend of Mrs Clutterbuck checked her dashcam footage and saw the pillowcases were there at 3pm.

She added: ‘Ultimately they are pets and of a considerable size – someone must have had them a long time.

‘What goes through your mind dumping them on a side street knowing they could just die?’

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