'Very scary situation': Central Texas woman says she was bit by snake in her toilet

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A Central Texas woman is describing something most people only have nightmares about -- sitting on her toilet in the middle of the night and being bit by a snake. She's got the photos to prove it.

Maria Jaimes said earlier this month, she woke up early in the morning to use the restroom, didn't flip the lights on and felt something.

"The rat snake bit me in my leg when I sat on it," she said. "Very scary situation on a Sunday morning at 4:30 a.m. with lights off."

Jaimes didn't think anyone would believe her so she snapped photos of the snake, still coiled underneath the toilet seat.

"As scared as I was when this happened, I am the one who took these pictures because no one would believe it!" she said.

Jaimes said she believes the snake got in through her drainage vent, so she had her husband put wire on it to avoid a situation like this happening again.

"I just want people to be aware this happens in real life and to be aware," she told KXAN.