LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A woman discovered a 20-foot python in the dumpster at her apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday.

Teresa Sanchez had just pulled into the garage at The Piero Apartments after work when she spotted the snake lying on top of a large dumpster.

She initially thought it was a toy, so she walked over to investigate. The snake appeared very realistic, so she suspected it was taxidermied until it suddenly moved.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Sanchez told Nexstar's KTLA. “I was like, ‘Am I in Florida? What’s going on here?’” • A 20-foot python that appeared to be sick, was abandoned in a dumpster inside the parking garage of an apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 5, 2025. (Teresa Sanchez) • A man with a local reptile resue group arrived quickly to he

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