A motorcyclist arrives at his trusty steed only to find it has been commandeered by a five-foot hissing cobra, poised to strike. <br /><br />A crowd of onlookers gathers, with one calling a local snake expert. The filmer gets unnervingly close to the creature. <br /><br />The expert, Chand Pasha, took nearly an hour to extricate the cobra, which was later released into its natural habitat. <br /><br />An eyewitness, Nagesh Prasad, said, "the snake had possibly crawled into the bike through a small opening in the rear side. It was stuck and unable to get out.” <br /><br />Snakes tend to take refuge in vehicles left outside in the rainy season, according to Pasha. <br /><br />The terrifying footage was captured in Yadgir, central India.