Boa snake escaped in a shopping mall in Plovdiv

Boa snake escaped from a pet shop in a shopping mall in Bulgaria’s second largest city of Plovdiv on 5^th of February.

The area was zoned off by the police. Fire brigade team was called to help with the search.

The snake was spotted by shop assistants in the mall, some closed the shops.

According to the owner, the reptile was of 1.3 metres in length and 8 kilograms in weight.

The search has been on-going for 7 hours.