October 25th 2024.
A young girl from NSW had quite a scare when she opened her lunchbox and found a red-bellied black snake inside. Seven-year-old Meila Haynes was getting ready to go home after school when she looked into her lunchbox and saw the venomous reptile wrapped around her snacks. Initially, she thought it might be a fake snake that one of her friends had brought to school, but when she saw it move, she knew it was real.
Meila was understandably frightened and quickly ran away from the snake. She told NBN News, "I stepped back and I ran to get away from the snake. I felt really scared." Her teachers at the Hunter Valley school called in snake catchers to safely remove the slithering intruder. Meila's mother, Jaide, shared, "She squealed and got the teacher's attention and scurried away. I picked the kids up from school yesterday afternoon and they were a bit hyped up and nervy. Meila couldn't get her words out and said there was something in her lunchbox."
The principal of Seaham Public School, Craig Partridge, explained that the incident made for an unusual afternoon. He stated, "Everything was normal up until about 2.50pm, then we saw a commotion and lots of kids running in one direction and some screams. Around Seaham, we do have a lot of snakes and do risk assessments for these things, but a snake in a lunchbox isn't one of them."
According to a local snake catcher, the snake was most likely looking for a hiding spot when it ended up in Meila's lunchbox. The unexpected visitor provided a real-life lesson for Meila and her classmates. Her mother, Jaide, jokingly added, "I'll probably do up her lunchbox from now on."
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