NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS (Brisbane, Australia) 10 January 11 Constable's snake shock
It's not every day a man asks for a hand when going to the toilet - Constable Jarrod Williams asked for two.
The police officer at the remote Lajamanu station was screaming for help when he found a large King Brown snake in the station's visitor toilet.
"Just to give me a hand," he said.
The 40cm-long reptile is believed to have snuck into the bathroom through a hole in the wall late on Thursday.
Const Williams, 27, had just lifted the toilet lid when he spotted the reptile.
He fled from the cubicle and returned with colleague Const Gregory Huddle, equipped with shovel and torch.
But when the pair arrived in the toilet, the snake had disappeared.
"All I had was a Pepsi Max to settle my nerves," he said.
"It wasn't a great experience."
Const Williams, who was born-and-bred in Tennant Creek, has no trouble fighting crime.
But he admits he is no big fan of snakes.
"Especially out here, you got a good chance of dying if you get bitten," he said.
"It's just so far from everything."
Constable's snake shock