#gopher snake

2-foot snake slithers into Hilo for the holidays among Christmas tree shipment

The gopher snake was discovered the morning of Nov. 16 by staff at a store that had unloaded about half of the trees from the container before the special delivery holiday hitchhiker was revealed.

Hardware store employees discover snake on Moloka‘i

The snake measured about 20 inches long and has been identified as a non-venomous gopher snake.