Cobra gives elderly man the jitters

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The reptile on top of the Kuching Water Board marker.

KUCHING: An elderly man was said to have got the shock of his life when he saw a cobra in front of his house at RPR Batu Kawa here early yesterday.

The cobra was seen slithering on top of a concrete marker belonging to Kuching Water Board.

The house owner, in his 50s, was opening the door around 10am when he saw the reptile coming from his neighbour’s house.

He immediately made a distress call, prompting a team of Civil Defence Department (JPAM) personnel to rush to the scene.

The five-foot reptile was caught but was subsequently released to its habitat, a JPAM spokesperson said.