Australian Family Stunned After Giant Python Slithers Across Their Roof

• One stunned family were in a state of shock after a monstrous, metres-long carpet python was spotted "doing parkour" in their backyard
• In the video, the family could be seen standing back to witness the hefty animal make its way from their rooftop to a tree before slithering again into another
• The snake rears its head from the leaves in between movements, giving a glimpse at just how large the animal is

Spine-tingling footage captured the moment a massive 16-foot snake slithered over the roof of a family’s house in Australia while they were enjoying their midday meal.

Massive python on family's roof

The video of the incident has since amassed over 12 million views on TikTok as viewers admired the snake slithering on the roof of the family's home.

The footage posted on TikTok by user @iamiandyi showed the massive carpet python impressively slithering from a house’s roof into a nearby tree.

“Only in Australia will you see a 5-[meter] long Carpet Snake in the suburbs,” read the caption of the clip.

The incredible sight attracted many oohs and awws, as well as expletives, from the family, who was just sitting down to lunch at the time.

At one point, the snake could be seen poking its head out of the tree and stealing a glance at the onlookers, prompting an elderly lady to exclaim.

“They’re freaky, aren’t they,” exclaims one female onlooker .

“How will we get him away?” inquires a child, to which a woman replies, “We won’t.”

How did the snake move from roof to tree?

Meanwhile, a man appeared to be perturbed that the python was interrupting their meal, commenting:

“Come on, your quiche is getting cold.”

The clip concluded with the python slithering from tree to tree as the bystanders marvelled at how it managed to refrain from falling.

However, a little kid who was bewildered by the tree-scaling snake inquired,

“Is it a tree snake?”

“No, he’s a carpet snake, darling,” an older woman responds, to which the kid astutely asks, “Then how can he climb trees?”

Viewers had mixed feelings on the telephone pole-sized python’s roof-hopping.

Others wondered how this limbless critter accomplished the feet of arboreal alpinism, which seemed akin to an elephant flying, per many viewers.

Netizens react to video of python

“I miss five minutes ago when I didn’t know these exist,” quipped one viewer,

“That’s an anaconda," another wrote.

“How does anyone make it to adulthood in Australia?” marveled a third. “I am not strong enough to survive this continent.”

“This is why I live where the air hurts my face,” reasoned one viewer.

“What in the chamber of secrets is this,” wondered another, referencing the fictional Basilisk from the “Harry Potter” books.

What do experts say about pythons?

According to snake experts, carpet pythons can scale trees due to their evenly distributed muscles, which hold them up.

“They reach out for a strong point, then they use muscle and weight to hold to themselves up before stretching out to the next spot,” Aussie serpent wrangler Snake Catcher Dan told Yahoo News Australia.

He pointed out that it was quite common to see carpet pythons in trees, either soaking up the sun, avoiding dogs or people or hunting birds and possums.

"I find more pythons on the ground hunting than I do in the trees, but it’s not uncommon," he said.

The snake catcher also warned viewers not to get too close to these beasts, as while not normally dangerous to humans, they will bite if they feel threatened.

“Carpet pythons have 80 to 100 small teeth so a large one can absolutely cause damage if it gets a hold of you,” he cautioned.

This sighting is the latest in a long line of scaly interlopers to infiltrate people’s homes of late.

Pythin fights with man

In another python story, a man wrestled a python almost 6 meters long to the ground in a brawl that would send shivers down anyone afraid of snakes.

The man's match with the gigantic snake almost ended in tears as, at some point, it tried wrapping itself around him.

@gladesboys recorded the man trying to take the giant snake on his own.

The video showed the man trying to grab the python by its tail. He struggled with it for a moment, and it suddenly lunged at him with its mouth open.