Calm in the face of danger. Well, not in this case. Police officers at the University of Central Florida had a slithery suspect they needed to nab, and let's just say it doesn't go as planned.

The video is now going viral.

The unidentified officer is seen “bravely” trying to capture a wayward snake with a garbage can as it slithers through an office. Many of the other workers took their posts on top of chairs to get out of the way of the serpent.

The expected expletives have been bleeped.

Eventually the officer sent the snake out through the door and out of the office.

Some of those who responded to the Facebook post said they were glad it didn’t happen to them.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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