Martin Baylis of Plymouth, Devon was a very nervous man after having had a snake hide in his car for four days He ended up dismantling his car in order to retrieve the serpent.

Martin had been transporting the reptile, Dave the rat eating Sinaloan milk snake, to his 20 year old son Chris’ home when it escaped from the tank. The tank had been in the trunk of the car and by the time the discovery was made the snake had vanished into the vehicles bodywork.

Martin went to work removing the seats and dashboard but he still couldn’t find the snake.

Over the next few days the snake occasionally popped out of crevices in the car three times while poor Martin was driving. Baylis finally managed to trap the sneaky snake in a pillow case.

The dad of three said: “It’s an unnerving feeling knowing there’s a 4ft snake circumnavigating the whole car.”