lol it was actually a snake that got itself trapped on the front porch of my grandparents house, and I own a TINY snake (in comparison to the one my mum and I rescued x_x), but I've never had to deal with a wild snake large enough to strangle me before, so it was... interesting :\

To further clarify, I live in Australia. Not the outback or anything. The suburban area of Sydney, but things like massive pythons aren't uncommon XD