Snakes in the urban jungle! Passerby captures reptiles enjoying Memorial Day dip in New York's Columbus Circle fountain



Someone call Samuel L. Jackson... there are snakes in this fountain!



Intrepid photographer Matthew Evanusa was walking by Columbus Circle on 59th Street in Manhattan when he spotted something slithering inside the landmark's iconic fountain - three somethings, actually.



He stopped and snapped a photograph, confused and bemused by what he saw, until he realized that a couple of teens were trying to make some quick cash by causing quite the splash.



Snakes Underwater: Intrepid photographer Matthew Evanusa was walking by Columbus Circle on 59th Street in Manhattan when he spotted something slithering inside the landmark's iconic fountain Slytherin: A woman, perhaps the snakes' owner, takes hold of one of the animals as it swims

Mr Evanusa, a Hunter College student and Jazz musician, said it was one of those 'walk by then stop and process what I just saw and slowly backtrack' moments.



Walking by Columbus Circle at about 3 p.m. on Monday, he claims the snakes were enjoying a bit of a bath.

'It gets very muggy and humid in the city during the summer, so people were splashing in the fountain to stay cool,' he said.

He said that the three snakes, two with a dark brown and black pattern, the other white, were placed in the water by some teens hoping to make a few dollars off their trick.

'From what I could tell, it was a few people (maybe late teens, early 20s) who were trying to make some spare change by placing giant snakes in the fountain,' Mr Evanusa said.

In the photograph, you can see several people photographing the snakes swim, as well as a big, red, New York Sightseeing bus in the Background.

Scaling for Cash: He said that the three snakes, two with a dark brown and black pattern, the other white, were placed in the water by some teens hoping to make a few dollars off their trick Buddy System: Some people were even splashing around alongside the reptiles

He posted the image on Reddit, hoping to learn more about the odd occasion.

But the strangest thing to Mr Evanusa was not the snakes so much as the fact that no one seemed to bat an eye at the weird sight.

He said that some people were even splashing around alongside the reptiles.



'I think a lot of the people who were standing around were visiting NYC and didn't appreciate the weirdness of what they were seeing!' he said.



'I've lived in NYC for my entire life and I love seeing things like this.'

