This is the terrifying moment a King Cobra made a daring leap for freedom - after being caught inside a driver's car engine. <br /><br />Suppachai Sangthong, 25, spotted the deadly serpent after his DOG started barking loudly at the vehicle while it was parked up in Pathum Thani, Thailand, on May 22.<br /><br />The motorist was about to drive home but checked the bonnet - recoiling in horror when he saw the snake staring back at him.<br /><br />Suppachai slammed shut the hood and called rescuers who initially made light work of catching the cobra - until it reared up and escaped from the sack. <br /><br />Footage shows the killer reptile leaping in the air towards the head of the pest controller.<br /><br />Suppachai said: ''I'm very grateful to my dog for sensing the snake. If my dog hadn't started barking I would have drove home with the snake in the car.''<br /><br />Rescue worker Siri Wattana said: ''We found the cobra inside the black Isuzu pick-up truck. We caught it but it had a lot of energy and jumped out.''<br /><br />The team eventually caught the snake for the second time and released it back into its natural habitat several miles away.
