Boa constrictor Bailey, reported missing at Tofino beach, turns up in owner’s kayak
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This article was published 13/06/2025 (286 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
VICTORIA – Bailey the boa constrictor has turned up safe in its owner’s kayak after being reported missing at a beach in Tofino, B.C., this week.
James Rodgers, co-founder of the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network, says the owner who reported the six-foot reptile missing on Sunday found it on Wednesday.
Rodgers says it’s likely the snake slipped into the kayak, which its owner also brought to a beach, on the day it was thought to have gone missing.
He says it is not clear how someone could miss a six-foot-long snake inside a kayak.
The network says in a social media post that Bailey had been “snoozing” in the kayak.
It says the snake is 13 years old and “a little small” for its age.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 13, 2025.