Woman mistakes braided ponytail on ground for snake in South Africa

Fathima Dawood from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa reportedly mistook a braid lying in parking lot that looked like a snake this week. She h to apologize to a startled woman nearby after realizing snake was, in fact, only a braided ponytail weave. Fathima posted incident with a picture of braided ponytail weave, which must have fallen from someone’s he. As it was lying unharmed in a reptile position, Fathima mistook it.

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Fathima's Facebook post

She wrote on her Facebook post: “I apologize to old ly in parking lot at PnP when I screamed like a baby, thinking I h a snake coming after me. On or hand, if you lost your braided weave, it is in far left aisle of PnP parking lot, unharmed and still in one piece."

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Netizens react to post

Facebook users found post very amusing. A user wrote: " I would have done same!". Ar wrote: "How funny jeepers it looks real". A third user wrote: "You me my day". Likewise, someone wrote: "I’m howling with laughter! Great share".

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Similar incidents when snakes were mistaken

incident joins list of funny spotting of snake worldwide. In China, a mysterious long, black object was spotted in a video to be wriggling in Yangtze River, which prompted ories of China's own Loch Ness monster aka Nessie. Yet it turned out to be a 20-meter-long industrial airbag. Similarly, in Rousillac, Trinid residents mistook a large snake as a stuffed toy in early September. 
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Animals save lives of owners from Snake

In yet ar series of incident, a shelter cat protected its owner from a vemous snake in Tennesse. As per reports, owner thought his cat was playing in night. Yet after two days, he realized that cat killed a snake with its paws. Similarly, a brave pit bull puppy saved children of its family from a vemous snake by attacking it and in turn losing his life.

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