PROSPERITY, S.C. (WBTV) - A massive python was wrangled near a school in South Carolina late Monday night.

The snake was reportedly spotted on Monday, Aug. 18, near the Mid-Carolina school campuses in Newberry County.

Sheriff Lee Foster said a group of brave people managed to capture the large animal.

“I am no herpetologist, but I think it is an albino python,” Foster wrote.

The reptile was believed to have been someone’s pet and is thought to have been released, as this type of snake is not native to the area.

Video of snake

Warren Gallman, one of the people who helped capture the snake, shared wild video of the group wrangling the reptile with our sister station, WIS News 10 . That can be watched below.

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