This is the bizarre moment a grandmother caught a live COBRA and carried it along the road ''while in a trance''.<br /><br />Praneat Kaewbangtu, 75, found the huge snake slithering in front of her house in Chumphon, southern Thailand on July 27.<br /><br />The old woman, who claimed to be possessed by a snake god, suddenly seized the reptile with her bare hands - clasping its neck and hoisting it above her shoulders.<br /><br />Footage shows the fearless pensioner comfortably strolling along the road with the 7ft long cobra curled around her right arm.<br /><br />Shocked neighbour Worawut Choengkrai is heard in the video asking the woman to stop walking but she continued wandering off while mumbling random words.<br /><br />The filmer said that Praneat is the practitioner of traditional black magic, which he believes gave her the power to handle the deadly snake without being bitten.<br /><br />He said: ''Villagers are familiar with her bizarre behaviour but some of them are still frightened and concerned that she will get hit by a car.''<br /><br />Speaking after, Praneat said that the spirit of the snake charmer was possessing her, telling her to immediately catch the cobra and walk around with it.<br /><br />She said: ''I didn't remember anything or where I was walking to right after I caught that snake until somebody told me what happened.<br /><br />''I've caught snakes and also been bitten by more than 50 snakes but they can't hurt me. I think the spirit were protecting me.''
