Why was a giant python on the loose in SC? See capture video

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A large albino Burmese python, nicknamed "Nanners," was captured in Prosperity, South Carolina, after weeks on the loose.

Local resident Warren Gallman and friends caught the snake, which had been sighted near Mid Carolina High School.

The non-venomous python, believed to be a former pet that had grown too large, will be rehomed at the Edisto Island Serpentarium.

Burmese pythons, native to Southeast Asia, are among the world's largest snakes and can constrict prey as large as deer.

Residents in Prosperity, South Carolina, are sleeping peacefully now that a monstrous python on the loose has been captured.

And what heroes can they thank for turning their nightmares to sweet dreams? None other than a local family and their neighbor.

"Thank you Warren Gallman and fri