It’s raining snakes: enormous Phuket python seeks shelter

PHUKET: A four-meter-long python gave an unsuspecting Phuket Town resident a fright this morning.

“I was cleaning and had just started on the back room of my house when I saw a big snake lying on the floor,” said 67-year-old homeowner Boonsaner Kullavanit.

The startled Ms Boonsaner immediately called Kusoldharm Foundation rescue workers, who arrived at the house on Surin Road five minutes later.

“It took them about 15 minutes to catch the python,” Ms Boonsaner said.

“In the last two or three days, we have received a lot of snake calls, especially about pythons,” said one rescue worker.

“We think they are just looking for a dry place away from the rain.”

Rescue workers told the Phuket Gazette that the snake would be taken to a jungle area near Kathu and released.

— Kritsada Mueanhawong