Story By: Georgina Jadikovska, Sub-Editor: Marija Stojkoska, Agency: Newsflash

An Austrian OAP has been bitten by a snake on his genitals during his morning bathroom trip after his neighbour’s albino python escaped through a drain and ended up hiding in the hapless man’s toilet.

The incident took place when the 65-year-old man from the Austrian city of Graz popped to the toilet at around 6am on 5th July.

To his huge surprise, he was then bitten on his sensitive area by his neighbour’s 5-foot-long albino python.

The man had just sat on the toilet seat when he felt, in his own words, “a pinch” in his genital area which made him immediately jump to his feet and notice the reptile staring back at him from the toilet bowl.

After calling the police, who also brought reptile expert Werner Stangl to the scene, it was discovered that “the reptile had escaped unnoticed from the neighbour’s apartment and presumably entered the toilet through the sewage system”.

Stangl, who works for the reptile emergency service, said the snake was non-venomous and managed to take it out of the toilet and clean it without harming it after which he handed it back to its owner.

He said: “The python had all of its muscles tensed and pressed itself against the pipe. It was a difficult rescue.”

According to the police, the neighbour is a 24-year-old reptile enthusiast who owns 11 non-venomous snakes and one gecko.

However, it is unclear how the snake escaped as the man’s pets are kept safely in terrariums and specially-designed cages.

Meanwhile, the 65-year-old victim was taken to University Hospital in the city of Graz in Austria by Red Cross volunteers so he could be treated for ‘minor injuries’.

Additionally, his 24-year-old neighbour was reported to the public prosecutor and is under investigation for negligent bodily harm.