A woman who brought home a secondhand couch left on the curb in western Michigan says she ended up finding a snake apparently living under the cushions.

Holly Wright tells WZZM-TV that the couch had been in her Grand Rapids bedroom for about two months before the “very lethargic” snake emerged over the weekend. She says it died before she could get care for the snake.

Wright says she isn’t sure where the snake came from, but it may have been there the whole time.

She says she thought the couch looked OK when she found it with a sign indicating that it was free for the taking. She says she took off the cushions and cleaned it, but didn’t initially see the snake.

Source: WZZM-TV, http://www.wzzm13.com

Seeking Zeek the Zebra

The black-and-white-striped animal that’s been spotted at different places around a Tennessee town isn’t a funny-looking horse.

Nope – there’s a zebra loose in East Tennessee.

Bradley County dispatchers say they’ve had several people call to report sightings of the animal — near homes, businesses and even a highway.

Although some people have tried to catch him, the animal named Zeek has remained elusive.

Zeek’s owner, Ronald Price, told WRCB-TV that the animal escaped from his farm in Cleveland, TN in early December by jumping a high fence.

Price says he’s keeping a watch out and hopes that someone is able to help Zeek return home safely.

Source: WRCB-TV, http://www.wrcbtv.com/