A pensioner went to the toilet in the middle of the night and found a 13ft long python hiding behind the bowl.<br /><br />Widower Dim Kittikorn, 85, wandered into the bathroom at 12.30am on August 28 in Chachoengsao, Thailand. <br /><br />She pulled open the door but screamed in fright and quickly slammed it shut after seeing the snake coiled round the toilet.<br /><br />The great-grandmother called rescuers who arrived and dragged the wriggling beast out into the street. <br /><br />Dim said: ''I had just walked from the couch to the bathroom and was still sleepy. I'd just woken up in the night. <br /><br />''I feel lucky I saw the snake before sitting down on the toilet or it could have grabbed my legs. <br /><br />''I screamed for people in the house to wake up. They called for the rescue men to come.''<br /><br />Snake catchers in the Bangpakong district arrived and carried the snake outside where it writhed around on the roadside as it tried to break free.<br /><br />The creature was bagged up and driven away to be released back into the wild.