Michael Hathaway thought someone was playing a prank on him.

Hathaway, the owner of Kaslo-based Mountain Man MikeB次元官网网址檚 bus service, was doing an inspection on a vehicle Friday when he spotted what he thought was a rubber snake sticking out of a heater vent.

B次元官网网址淚 figured that somebody had just jokingly added this snake to try to scare us,B次元官网网址� he said.

Hathaway continued on with his work, but when he doubled back, he realized the rubber snake was moving.

Hathaway is not a snake expert B次元官网网址� the last time he said heB次元官网网址檇 been near a snake was in elementary school B次元官网网址� but he knew the snake was not in good condition in the hot vehicle. Unsure if the snake was venomous or not, Hathaway grabbed a cardboard box, picked up the snake with his hands and took it home.

B次元官网网址淲hen you own a company, sometimes you just have to buck up and do it yourself,B次元官网网址� he said.

ItB次元官网网址檚 not clear where the snake came from. Hathaway said the vehicle had just finished six straight days of service that took two round trip from Kaslo to Vancouver and another to Calgary.

Hathaway says heB次元官网网址檚 still working on finding the owner and also plans to take the snake to a vet for a medical check.

In Kaslo, however, the snake has found an unexpected home.

HathawayB次元官网网址檚 wife Laurian, he said, was initially scared of the snake but has already begun bonding with it. His two children meanwhile have already named it Cream Corn.

Community members also identified it as a corn snake, which are docile and often used as pets, and chipped in for the new arrival. If they canB次元官网网址檛 find the owner, Hathaway said his family will adopt it.

B次元官网网址淲e put out a call to the community and we had people come through with tanks, heat rocks, heat lamps, basically all the snake supplies we needed to keep the snake temporarily,B次元官网网址� said Hathaway. B次元官网网址淗eB次元官网网址檚 in a tank now and seems to be happy.B次元官网网址�

has been in operation since May 2019, but this is the first time Hathaway has had a snake as a passenger. He said itB次元官网网址檚 unlikely to happen again, but just to be safe his staff will increase spot checks on baggage.

B次元官网网址淚 think the only danger in this situation is that somebody would hurt the snake by reacting to it the wrong way.B次元官网网址�

| tyler.harper@nelsonstar.com
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