Michael Bonney, a local from Gympie, was awakened by his 11-year-old daughter Emily at 3 a.m. on Wednesday. Emily, frightened, reported hearing and feeling something moving inside her pillowcase.

Initially, Emily assumed it was her curtains brushing against the pillowcase, but upon realizing something was indeed moving inside, she decided to alert her father.

Bonney said he thinks the snake got into the house through the small gap in his front door, which he has since fixed.

Despite giving the family a shock, he said the snake wasn’t aggressive at all.

“It had plenty of times where it could have gotten a bit aggressive, when I was fiddling around with the pillow case, when it was crawling around in her bed, when it was in the bath,” Booney said.

“When the snake catcher came, it showed no signs of aggression… I think there’s a misunderstanding of snakes.”

“All this little guy wanted to do was have a nice little warm sleep.”

A bite from a yellow-faced whip snake won’t kill or greatly harm a human, but they can be dangerous to small pets.

While the bite won’t kill you, it can still cause swelling or redness.

Its venom can also sometimes cause nausea or a headache, but severe reactions are uncommon.

Any snake bite should be looked at by a medical professional, regardless of the species.