Worried snake owner reveals her six foot boa constrictor Bo has been missing for a week... and she's hungry

Amazon jungle snake as big as a man is on the loose in Yorkshire

It slithered out of a family garden while the owner ate his dinner

Worried father-of-three Damion Swann says his pet is not threatening

But he fears the hungry snake could go for a small cat or rabbit



A six-foot boa constrictor has escaped from its owner’s garden, causing trepidation among neighbours.



Just days after headlines about two boys strangled to death by a python in Canada, the snake gave its owners the slip and slithered out of their Yorkshire garden.



The reptile, called Bo, was described as ‘hungry’ and there were fears for the safety of family pets.



Missing: Corrine Swann with the cage used to home a 6ft boa Constrictor she owns with her partner Damion

Mrs Swann, 32, said Bo, who is two-and-half-years-old, was basking in the family garden in Rotherham when it escaped while they ate dinner.



The family often leave the pet in the garden to warm up in the sunshine and say it normally ‘never goes anywhere’.



They suspect the reptile slithered out of their fully-fenced garden through a tight gap between their house and a neighbouring property. Bo was only left alone for half-an-hour.



After an hour of frantic searching the couple called police who have now joined the snake hunt.



Home: Bo slithered away from this garden and hasn't been seen since. She might eat a cat or a rabbit

Upset: Corrine holds the skin from her snake Bo to illustrate how long she is

Mrs Swann, a former dinner lady, said her children were distraught.

‘We just want her back now, there has been a few tears from the girls. They love her to bits.’

Boa constrictors are not poisonous, but their bite can be painful. After catching its prey a boa will then ‘constrict’ its catch, effectively squeezing it to death, before swallowing it whole.

Mrs Swann’s husband, Damion, said Bo is placid around the couple’s three young children and is ‘fine with my five-year-old holding her’.