'Ghost' snake sends shivers through town as 4ft reptile is seen slithering in street

When her son Cory ran indoors saying he’d found one, Kelsie Cox just assumed it was a toy snake left lying around.

Cory and sister Phoebe watched on as their dad took photos, retrieved the snake and placed it in a box.

The ‘Snow’ Corn snake is being cared for by Idlewild Animal Sanctuary in the Conwy Valley ( 

Identified as a non-venomous Corn snake, it is thought to be a “Snow” morph as it had hints of orange-yellow pigmentation.

When no one stepped forward to claim the Prestatyn snake, Kelsie contacted Idlewild Animal Sanctuary in the Conwy Valley

After accepting the Corn snake into her care, sanctuary manager Kim Barton-Jones said it was “definitely hungry”

Neither has the owner of Prestatyn’s albino Corn snake been identified so far