Burmese python found in clothes at Miami flea market

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue

MIAMI, Fla. – A massive Burmese python was caught at a flea market.

Miami Dade Fire tweeted pictures of the enormous python Sunday. They found the python hidden in a pile of clothes at a flea market at 272 Krome Avenue.

The tweet read, “#MDFR #Venomone captured wild burmese python in flea market at 272 Krome AVE who hid to digest last night’s meal.”

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