A woman surnamed Yuan woke to find a black snake on her bed in Furong Street, Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, on Tuesday.

Upon seeing the snake, Yuan screamed, drawing the attention of her brother-in-law who slept in another room. He immediately arrived and drove away the unwelcome visitor.

Yuan, a migrant worker, believed the 30-centimetre-long snake to have slept in the bed with her all night long. How it entered Yuan's seventh-storey apartment room is still unknown.

Southern Metropolis News