Hehe... ask Stary Boy - she came round to my house and planted a taipan in there... I got home and thought one of my snakes had escaped. She craftely put the head (the fakest part) in between the oven and the pantry so it wasn't easily seen.
Then when I realised I didn't own a taipan my heart began to thump. The only way to the phone to call young stary to help me remove this gigantic (40cm) snake, would have been to walk past it.
But hmmmm... it's all still... Then I recall my pythons do that - it's their little game, if I'm still you can't see me.
So I didn't want to get too close, so i got my camera and zoom lens and zoomed in... Only then did I realise I was being hoaxed...
I removed it and safely put it down beside my cupboards. The next time stary was over she asked all about my experience and asked where is the 'fake' snake...
Oh there it is... Under the cupboards, so i picked it up, made some lifelike movements and threw it at a screaming stary
*some dramatisation for effect has been added to this story*