WAKE FOREST, N.C. — A couple in North Carolina say they popped a frozen pizza into the oven only to discover that a snake was burning inside about 10 minutes later.
Amber Helm told the Raleigh News & Observer Wednesday that her family had hoped to have an easy dinner on Monday night in Wake Forest.
But Helm said the oven started smoking and smelling terrible as they waited for their pizza to cook.
“I opened up the oven and thought ‘is that part of the oven?’ I looked more closely and it was a snake,’” she said.
She said she left the pizza behind and took her young sons out to eat. Her husband stayed behind to deal with the snake.
“I put the oven on self clean after I pulled that crispy critter out,” Robert Helm said.