Poor guy probably lost all holiday spirit for life. It was a scene straight out of a horror movie for 43-year-old Attila K. from Szeged, who lives in a twin house closely connected to his neighbor’s.
The father of two first noticed a strong, foul smell drifting into their home. It turned out the neighbor’s Advent wreath, just a few meters away, was the source—and it was unbearable to be near it. Since Attila couldn’t imagine how a wreath could smell that bad, he rang the neighbor’s doorbell. As it turned out, the neighbor had already left to visit relatives in early December and wasn’t home.
As Attila approached the door, he got the shock of his life: lying between the pine needles was a dead snake. After the initial panic, he began to fear the snake might be venomous, so he immediately emailed the Hungarian Natural History Museum and attached a photo.
One of the museum’s experts replied that it was a grass snake—harmless, but certainly not a pretty sight. “The unbearable smell lingered for days around the area and even inside the house. I swear, if I’d had any whisky at home, I would’ve rinsed with it all day,” Attila told the local press, adding that his family decided they will never buy an Advent wreath again.
