Jackson Ault is certainly going to think twice next time somebody tells him to pop the hood. It'd be a natural reconsideration after his recent attempt to be a good guy resulted in a spooky encounter. After seeing a car stranded in Santa Fe, Ault pulled over to see if he could help fix the car. When he opened the hood of the Toyota Tacoma, he went wide-eyed when he saw a seven-foot Burmese python curled up in the engine bay. Not exactly the type of hoses people are used to checking, right?
Instead of AAA, Ault was quick to call animal control, who sent Santa Fe Police Lieutenant Louis Carlos, who quickly lifted the snake up and out of the car without a problem. As for the explanation to why the snake was there in the first place? Well, snakes have "protein channels" in the front of their faces that allow them to sense heat in the dark. This is normally used to hunt prey, but in this case, the officer's guessed that the snake sensed the heat and was looking for a place to warm up.
The scariest part? The snake is probably only half grown at that size. Maybe the adults tend to gravitate toward Super Snakes.