S Muthukumaran, a resident of Vijaywada had recently moved his base to Odisha and while unpacking his stuff that was couriered, he encountered something he’ll never forget.

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A poisonous snake slithered out of one of his boxes while he was unpacking it at his residence in Rairangpur urban area. According to reports, the package was being transported by Agarwal Packers & Movers after it was dispatched from Guntur on August 9.

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“I found cobra while unpacking the parcel. Though all the household articles were there inside the consignment, I was shocked to see a cobra inside it. The snake might have entered into the box midway where the parcel was stationed during the shipping to Odisha,” Muthukumaran told Odisha Sun Times.

Muthukumaran found a cobra, which was around 3-4 ft long. He immediately informed the Rairangpur forest department seeking assistance to rescue the snake.

#WATCH A man found a Cobra snake inside a courier parcel while unpacking it in his house at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district. The snake was later rescued by the forest department & released in the wild. (24-08)#Odisha pic.twitter.com/4VLOxujxqg — ANI (@ANI) 26 August 2019

Forest official Bipin Chandra Behera said they received a message regarding snake inside a parcel on Sunday. I immediately rushed with my colleague and rescued the snake. We later left it inside the forest, he said.

Rairangpur Ranger Ashok Das sent two forest guards, who rescued the cobra and released it into Kucheibudhi reserve forest, states Odisha Sun Times.