Snake catcher Geoff Delooze has seen some things – giant red-bellies, snakes in the walls of childcare centres. But this one takes the snag.
When a mate mentioned to him that an eastern brown snake had crashed a barbecue and stole a sausage, he didn't quite believe him.
Then he saw the photo.
"This brown snake apparently came bolting out, took the sausage in front of a group of people, and disappeared back into the bush," said Mr Delooze, from Native and Feral Pest Management.
"It was like it had done it before."
The barbecue, in the grounds at the foot of the Blue Mountains, where campers might expect the odd brush with a snake.
Says Geoff, the photo came from a friend of a friend - it's sort of been doing the rounds.
Meanwhile, an expert from the Office of Environment has his doubts.
He reckons the poor old snake might've been dead and set up, Weekend at Bernie's style, for the shot. Which, if true, is no way to treat an animal.
