However when they arrived at the site and examined the suspect reptile they realised it was in fact a rather large, snake-shaped pumpkin.
It's not clear if it was placed there by pranksters or had washed up from the river.
A dead giant python was fished out of the Enns six years ago, and was presumed to have been dumped there by its owner.
The firemen with their dangerous quarry.
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