Jeepers creepers!

A New Jersey couple got a terrifying backyard surprise when they discovered an 8-foot Burmese python slithered beneath their shed — and its latest meal made the massive snake even harder to remove.

Leslie Daley was watering flowers at the family’s Freehold home when she spotted the enormous snake moving through the backyard, her husband, Ed, told ABC 7.

The Daleys then spotted a hole in the corner of the shed, where they believe the python crawled inside. They called the Monmouth County SPCA, setting off an unusual rescue operation.

“When the homeowner sent us a video of what we were actually dealing with, and when we all saw it, our jaws kind of dropped a little because that is a Burmese python, which definitely does not belong out in the wild in New Jersey,” Scott Crawford, an Animal Control Manager with the Monmouth County SPCA, told the news outlet.

It’s not illegal to own a Burmese python in New Jersey, but the animals do require a permit. Officials suspect the snake may have been released by someone who didn’t have one, or by an owner who simply couldn’t handle the snake after it grew too large.

Animal control officers arrived expecting to pull the snake back through the opening it used to crawl under the shed.

But there was a problem: the python recently ate a substantial meal, leaving it with a large and full belly.

With the python’s bulging abdomen blocking the way, rescuers couldn’t simply pull it out without risking injury.

The Daleys called in a contractor friend, who tore up the shed floor to give rescuers access from above.

But even with the floorboards gone, the python’s latest feast was still standing in the way.

“So we had to dig around him a little bit to free him up,” Crawford said. “Still couldn't tell exactly where his head was.”

Eventually, the team managed to get the massive reptile out from beneath the shed. The Monmouth County SPCA’s medical staff performed X-rays on the snake to determine what was inside its stomach and make sure its recent meal had not caused any complications.

The images revealed the answer: an opossum.

Fortunately for the family, the python did not eat someone’s pet, which Crawford said could’ve been a real possibility for a snake that size.

The snake will eventually be placed in a zoo or transferred to a private owner with the proper expertise and permits to care for it.

“I’m not a big snake person myself,” Ed Daley told ABC 7.