Officials are investigating after a python was reportedly spotted in Jamaica Plain on Friday, a spokeswoman for Boston Parks and Recreation Department said. Madison Sargeant, who was walking in ...

A bally python was spotted slithering in the Parley Vale Preserve in Jamaica Plain on Friday. Madison Sargeant shared a photo of the snake on Twitter. It’s unclear how it came to be in the preserve.

Ball pythons are not venomous, they added, but called the incident "not very common." Bouchard said he's not sure where the snake came from. "It's hard to say," he said.

Officials are investigating after a python was reportedly spotted in Jamaica Plain on Friday, a spokeswoman for Boston Parks and Recreation Department said.