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Some unusual traffic slithered its way across a highway in southwestern Wisconsin over the weekend.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a large snake — “as long as the width of both lanes of traffic” — crossing Highway 61 south of Scoops Drive in the village of Dickeyville Sunday afternoon.

The snake was described as grayish brown and is believed to be a python, according to an alert sent out by the office. Area residents were asked to closely monitor children and pets while they’re outside.

Dickeyville resident Judy Grimes, who lives on Highway 61, said she called the sheriff’s office Monday morning when she heard about the snake. Officers told her it might have traveled through the wooded area behind her house and across her yard before crossing the highway.

Grimes said she will pay even closer attention to her grandchildren and the small dogs she watches when they play outside.

“I’m a little worried about it,” she said.

Dickeyville snake breeder James Stelpflug said he was told Sunday evening that the snake was 4 feet long and about the circumference of a milk jug. On Monday, he said, he was told it was 20 feet long.