By Nick Enoch PUBLISHED: 13:29 EST, 5 December 2013 | UPDATED: 14:19 EST, 5 December 2013 A man who needed to answer the call of nature in Scottish woodland got the shock of his life after he was confronted by a massive snake. Iain Lowson had stopped in a lay-by near Torphichen in West Lothian to urinate behind a tree when he spotted what he initially thought was 'a funny-looking log' on the forest floor. The 'log' turned out to be a 6ft boa constrictor believed to have been dumped by its owners in the woods. Iain Lowson had stopped in a lay-by near Torphichen in West Lothian to urinate behind a tree when he spotted what he initially thought was 'a funny-looking log' on the forest floor...
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Iain Lowson stopped in a lay-by near Torphichen in West Lothian when he spotted 'a funny-looking log'
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Snake is believed to have been dumped by its owners
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Boa now in care of Edinburgh and Lothians Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre, where it has been named Hank
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