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Yes of course, on our walk up the hill I thought the snakes had gone into the ground because the cold had come, but unfortunately my wife almost stepped on it.
I showed several pictures of him to some reptile specialists and guess what, they told me that such specimens should not be found here in our area.
This specimen was huge I think it was over 3 meters long and quite thick.

Over 3 meters? Wow! I think such big snakes don´t live anywhere in Europe! It must have been some exotic pet snake that escaped and got in the wild... Glad that you and your wife didn´t get injured.

This possibility the snake specialist told me, that it may have escaped from somewhere.