A resident of Stoughton had quite a scare when he spotted a boa constrictor under the hood of his car yesterday morning.

Local police, with an animal control officer, rescued the reptile and had fun spreading the word on their social media page.

“So picture yourself on a quiet Saturday morning. You go out to your car before you head to work and you pop the hood to check your fluids. Then you find the most frightening, jaw dropping, jump out of your boots man eating Anaconda (ok… it was a Boa Constrictor but we are trying to really trying to set the stage for you all) staring right at you,” the post read.

Police joked they received a call only after the man checked his pulse.

“The brave officers, without having ever gone to snake charming school, head off to capture this fire breathing dragon,” police wrote on the Facebook page.

Three responding officers, accompanied by animal control, safely caught the snake without any harm, only “after we sent out the Bat Signal,” the Facebook post said.

“They received no help from the supervisor on duty as he was hiding as far as he possibly could from this incredibly dangerous mission,” police said. “No animals were harmed in the making of this ridiculous post.”