A Sunshine Coast snake catcher found himself in the dog house after he lost a 1.5m snake in his car and forgot to tell his wife about it.

Sunshine Coast Snake Catcher's Richie Gilbert said the python had escaped from a bag in the car.

Richie Gilbert forgot to tell his wife Nat this snake was lost in their car. Credit:Richie Gilbert

It had been missing for three days before his wife got a surprise behind the wheel.

Mr Gilbert said in a post on Facebook that his wife Nat was about to drive home from a night out when she opened the door and there was a large snake coming out from underneath the steering wheel in the dashboard.

Despite Mr Gilbert's love of snakes, it seems Nat was not so happy to see the slithering beast.

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