A 14-year-old girl shopping for shoes Saturday instead found a slithery surprise in a box.

She might have wanted snakeskin shoes, but she surely didn't want the live snake she found when she opened a box at a store in East Gadsden.

According to the report filed with the Gadsden Police Department, the 14-year-old and her mother were shopping when the girl opened a shoe box and a live snake fell out on her leg.

The report said the juvenile ran away from the snake. A store employee called police, and an officer responded and killed the snake, disposing of it outdoors.

The report said the snake appeared to be 6 to 7 inches long.

The teenager told the responding officer the snake only scared her and she was not injured. The mother requested a police report about the incident.

The report did not say if they purchased any shoes.