Police said a passerby reported seeing the snake Tuesday evening in a wooded area next to a housing subdivision in the Lingwood neighborhood of Northampton, The Daily Telegraph reported. The snake was described as being green and "several feet long."
Burmese pythons are constrictors and are one of the world's largest snakes. They can grow to be about 20 feet long.
Pythons are popular pets, at least until they become too big to handle comfortably and too expensive to feed. In Florida, Burmese pythons believed to be descended from released pets have become established in the Everglades and have been known to take on alligators.
Police said the snake might be a green Burmese python. They said anyone who spots the snake should not try to approach it, although pythons are not venomous, and should call police.
Northampton is 70 miles northwest of London.
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