A 16ft-long python was caught despite finding an unusual hiding place - inside an old car tyre.<br /><br />The snake sparked panic after it was seen coiled inside the rubber wheel outside a restaurant in Pattaya, Thailand, last Thursday.<br /><br />The owner called police who sent rescuers to snare the serpent which put up a fight as it tried to stay inside its new home.<br /><br />But it was eventually yanked out and stuffed into a sack before being released and filmed as it happily slithered back into the wilderness.<br /><br />Suppachai Wanitpong, who is seen in the footage handling the python, said: ‘’It needed a lot of strength and power to get the snake out. It was an awkward hiding place inside the tyre.<br /><br />‘’The snake had to be pulled out gently. It was probably looking for somewhere warm and dry as the winter comes.’’
