What would you do if you found a 20-foot python in your apartment complex's dumpster? Well, that's exactly what happened Tuesday in Los Angeles.

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A woman recalls the shocking moment she discovered a 20-foot python in the dumpster at her apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday.