A crowd gathers to watch
as this 3-meter-long python is finally extricated from its temporary
home inside a Makro customer’s pickup.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
Saichon Mansri, 50, and his wife received quite a surprise June 22 when,
after doing their shopping at Makro, they discovered a giant python
“guarding” their pickup.
Before authorities arrived, a handful of brave bystanders tried to
extricate the 3-meter long serpent by pulling on its tail. This just
caused the snake to burrow deeper into the pickup.
When the snake catcher from the Thappraya Center in Pattaya finally
arrived around noon, he sprayed the snake with mosquito repellent to
make it dizzy. After about an hour, they were finally able to free the
pickup from the snake’s grasp.
The reptile was taken to a secluded area and released back into the
wild, unharmed.
