A six-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a large snake slithered into his bunk bed while he was sleeping and bit him on the face on the NSW mid north . … “I’ve worked with snakes for well over a decade, and it’s unheard of in my experience for a carpet python to attack a child,” said Gary Pattinson A six-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a large snake slithered into his bunk bed while he was sleeping and bit him on the face on the NSW mid north . … “I’ve worked with snakes for well over a decade, and it’s unheard of in my experience for a carpet python to attack a child,” said Gary Pattinson