The golf ball on the boa-constrictor at Blackwell Grange Golf Club in Darlington. (Courtesy of Blackwell Grange Golf via SWNS)
A junior golfer was given the fright of her life after she found her ball had landed on a 6-foot (1.8-meter) boa constrictor on a U.K. golf course.
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The snake at Coast to Coast Exotics. (Blackwell Grange Gol via SWNS)
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(Aaron Cox via SWNS)
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