ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A 7-foot albino python was found slithering around an Orange County neighborhood Thursday and the search is on to find the snake's owner. The python was found in a neighborhood off Hiawassee Road (see map).

Home video captured the 7-foot, albino Burmese python slithering around the Hiawassee Overlook neighborhood. More than likely, it was someone's pet before becoming a neighborhood spectacle.

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“It was discovered by kids going to school, crossing the street,” resident Firas Naji said.

Najir was brave enough to help Orange County sheriff's deputies bag the reptile for Animal Services. Najir's mother worked the camera as he held onto a pillowcase.

The snake wasn't aggressive and didn't fight as it was placed in the pillow case for safekeeping. But, a python in the neighborhood does raise some concerns.

“I hope that people who have them turn them over to the proper authorities,” resident Lisa Schmidt said.

A reptile expert at Gatorland told Eyewitness News the python found slithering around the neighborhood probably didn't travel far. He said pythons have a small range area and it was either an escapee or it was set loose.

Florida Fish and Wildlife believes more people are releasing large snakes out of fear. Pythons are reptiles of concern and you must have a permit to own one or face fines.

Quite a bit of attention has been focused on pythons since this summer when a malnourished albino Burmese python suffocated to death 2-year-old Shiuanna Hare in Sumter County.

Thursday’s seven-footer was taken to Fall'n Pines Critter Rescue in east Orange County where it will be checked for a microchip that could track it back to its owner. If the owner is found, that individual could be charged for having an escaped exotic. That's a second degree misdemeanor carrying a maximum penalty of $500 and 60 days in jail.