Indiana Couple Finds Massive Snake in U-Haul Truck They Rented: We 'Lived to Tell the Story'

Mar. 15, 2025

Andi and Shaun Waters found this snake in a U-Haul truck.Photo:Courtesy of Shaun Waters and Andi Waters

Courtesy of Shaun Waters and Andi Waters

Talk about a s-s-s-urprise!

Earlier this week, Indiana couple Andi and Shaun Waters discovered a massive snake inside a U-Haul truck they rented out to help a family member move.

In a first Facebook post, Andi shared avideoof the snake curled up under the passenger seat of the large vehicle. “This is real life. A series. There’s a snake in our truck,” she wrote in her caption.

Afollow-up videoshowed Shaun trying to remove the reptile from the truck with the end of an umbrella, before it could be seen slithering back under the seat.

Then, in anotherpost, Andi said that Animal Control was closed and unable to help them, which prompted her and her husband to take matters into their own hands andwork together to remove the snake from the vehicle, placing it in a large storage bin.

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The Waters pose with the snack they found.Courtesy of Shaun Waters and Andi Waters

After the large snake was removed from the U-Haul, Andi shared avideoon Facebook of the animal with water on it to cool it down. “There’s no telling how long she’s been in there,” Andi could be heard saying about the snake from behind the camera.

In anotherpost, Shaun shared a photograph of himself and Andi — who wed in 2015 — alongside a photo of the snake. “Well today was eventful,” he wrote in his caption, then joking after the ordeal: “We saved it and lived to tell the story.”

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In a statement to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for U-Haul says, “On Aug. 4, one of our dedicated U-Haul neighborhood dealers in Evansville, Indiana, conducted a standard, thorough inspection of our rental truck before making it available for customer use. It was during this process that our dealer discovered a snake under the seat.”

source: people.com