Javascript used in snippets are visible in the source code / front end

It is very weird, I am trying to debug why this is happening, but I can not find anything.
Here is another screenshot.

Can you try it, please? I have started from the starter kit with no other alternations.

Code for snippet: site/snippets/hello.php

<!-- Select the <p> element using its tag name -->
<p>hello world</p>
<script>
  var paragraph = document.querySelector('p');
  if (paragraph) {
    paragraph.textContent = 'hello kirby';
  } else {
    console.log('The <p> element was not found.');
  }
</script>

implemented in home.php as: <?php snippet('hello') ?>

Doing so, and inspecting the source of the homepage displays the script as seen in the screenshot.