Shocking footage shows the moment a motorist noticed a snake had hitched a lift on the bonnet of his van while travelling at 70mph along a motorway.
Charlie Bristow was travelling along the M5 towards Staffordshire with his dad and cousin on Saturday when he spotted the stowaway reptile.
Video shows the 25-year-old passenger leaning over his dad James Bristow, who is driving, to film the grass snake slithering around the front bonnet and onto the right wing mirror.
As it makes a treacherous move to the side of the car, one of Charlie’s family can be heard anxiously saying: “bloody hell”.
The snake then slithers to the top of the wing mirror while continuously sticking out its tongue - which they are known to do to smell their surroundings and warn off other animals.
After realising it can't go any further, it then tries to curl back around to get back to the bonnet.
A passenger can be heard saying: “Jesus Christ, I don’t think I have ever seen a snake.”
The unfortunate reptile then falls from the car and tumbles onto the concrete motorway while the men in the van can be heard screaming: “oh no”.
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