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Woman quits banker job and moves to Zimbabwe now she has huge python as flatmate

A former Wall Street banker has gone viral after quitting NYC for a wildlife reserve in rural Zimbabwe only to discover her thatched-roof home came with a 12-foot python

[A woman discovered she was living with a python (stock image)]

A woman discovered she was living with a python (stock image)(Image: Getty Images/Visuals Unlimited)

A woman who quit her Wall Street banking job for a brand-new life in the African bush has revealed her thatched-roof home in Zimbabwe came with a rather terrifying roomate a huge python living in the ceiling.

Influencer Alex Blumenfeld, known online as Alex Blumy, has gone viral after swapping the high-stress grind of investment banking in New York City for work on a remote wildlife conservation reserve in rural Zimbabwe, where she does fundraising and digital work.

But shortly after moving into her new house a traditional thatched-roof place surrounded by wilderness - she realised locals were acting slightly oddly. Alex said staff and neighbours kept asking her, How is the house treating you? in a suspicious, waiting-for-bad-news kind of way.

[This is an African rock python (stock image)]

This is an African rock python (stock image)

She soon discovered they werent just being polite. Previous tenants had reportedly noticed a mysterious brown sludge dripping down a bathroom wall.

When maintenance workers went up to investigate what they assumed was a plumbing leak, they made a stomach-churning discovery: a 12-foot python was living in the ceiling eaves, Chip Chick reported. Moreover, the workers reportedly couldnt get the snake out, so they simply left it there.

Alex shared the revelation in a video house tour filmed in mid-July 2026 which she posted on TikTok. Right at the end, she zoomed in on the roofline to show the python was still very much at home, casually peering down at her like it owned the place.

Her clip sparked a huge reaction online, with one viral reaction on Threads from @appodlachia reading: Im obsessed with this woman on TikTok who quit her job as an investment banker in NYC, moved to Zimbabwe, and found a python living in her ceiling.

As a result, others joked the snake was less than impressed by its new human roommate, with one user writing: To be clear the python is saying Is that an American?! IN MY HOUSE?! I literally cant breathe. I cant BREATHE! Holy s! Someone else penned: The python looks disgusted.

A person wrote: No SHES living in HIS basement. A separate individual chimed in: No maam, thats his house.

Alex has continued documenting her extreme career change on her @alexblumy TikTok, showing the realities of bush life - from finding scorpions in her bed to dodging spitting cobras on morning walks, and hearing hyenas try to break into her house at night. Despite the terrifying encounters, she insisted shed make the move again 10 times over.

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