After being found on top of a dumpster in downtown Los Angeles, a 20-foot python has found a new forever home, thanks to a self-declared “reptile hunter” from Riverside.

The person who spotted the snake in the parking garage of the Piero Apartments Downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night first called police and animal control for help, but Joseph Hart was the one to save the day.

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“I’ve been dreaming of the day,” said Hart, a wildlife rehabilitator and reptile enthusiast based in Riverside. “I get a call in the middle of LA, I’m Crocodile Dundee here to wrangle the snake.”

Cellphone video from the encounter shows Hart hopping onto the dumpster and gently patting the back end of the reticulated python, who has since been

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