Beiruting News

Jared Smith, 22, was making lunch in his Sydney apartment when he saw the terrifying diamond python nestled in the cereal box.

He told The Daily Telegraph: 'I peeked in the box, saw its head pop out, and that's when I dropped my food on the counter and bolted for the door.'

'The python was over two metres long and I couldn't believe it was jammed into this small cereal box.

'When I got there I actually had to tear the box to get it out, that's how tightly squeezed in it was.