Rescuers capture massive python from Pattaya house

Rescuers have managed to capture a massive python that slithered its way into a Pattaya home on Friday night, terrifying the house owner. The owner, 34 year old Sukanya Boonla, told The Pattaya News that she saw the five metres’ long beast behind a water tank. She said, “…it was very big, so I just ran and called for help.”

Rescuers from a local organisation arrived on the scene and took about 30 minutes to deal with the snake. The rescuers said the python was extremely strong. Video footage shows the rescuers cautiously handling the snake, lifting a long stick that the snake is coiled around. The rescuers planned to release the snake into the wild, far away from human areas.

Pythons have gotten into houses in Pattaya and Chon Buri, as well as other areas of Thailand. Some pythons have eaten people’s chickens. In April, one python made itself comfortable in a chicken cage in central Thailand’s Ang Thong province. After devouring 10 chickens, the python was so full it couldn’t move. This made it easy for rescuers to relocate the snake.

In one shocking incident, a grandma in Thailand’s northeast region was praised as a top “community rescuer” for catching pythons with her bare hands. The 67 year old woman said she had been bitten twice, but it didn’t hurt much. The woman’s neighbours came to her when they needed her to catch a snake.

SOURCE: The Pattaya News