The snake on the windscreen of the Jersey Telecom van

TWO Jersey Telecom engineers were left rattled yesterday after a four-foot snake started climbing up the windscreen of their van and stuck its tongue out.

The albino serpent sneaked under the bonnet of James Denton and Morne Aspeling’s work van and made the surprise appearance as they were heading back to the office.

Mr Denton, who works for JT’s Mobile Access team, said: ‘We were pulling into the JT car park at Minden Place and I wound the window down to activate the security barrier. As I looked back across the dashboard to drive inside I saw the head of a snake poking up from the bonnet.

Needless to say, it was quite a shock and it took me a moment to realise it was real. When its tongue flicked out and it moved again, we both made a pretty sharp exit from the van.’

The Animals Shelter were called and the snake was safely removed from the van and taken to the Shelter where it was placed in a special reptile-friendly tank to help it warm up and get over the shock