Brave rescue workers waded through a filthy sewer to catch a python that was terrorising homes. <br /><br />Shocked locals saw the 13ft long snake slithering among properties in the Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao Thailand yesterday (August 18) afternoon. <br /><br />Builders working on a new house then had to down tools when the serpent slid down a hole and wrapped itself around pipes in a nearby sewer.<br /><br />Terrified local Ekkasit Punsamrong, 24, called the emergency services to snare the beast.<br /><br />He said: ''We were digging a hole to plant a pipeline for the owner new swimming pool but the python was there. We were scared and had to call for help. We couldn't carry on digging while it was there.''<br /><br />Volunteers arrived and found the snake had slithered and hid at the end of the underground chamber which was 10 metres deep.<br /><br />The 13ft long python was finally captured by the rescue team who entered the swamp full of mud through the hole dug by the workers.<br /><br />Snake catchers rescue team put the python in a sack to release it back to the wild and let the labourers continue their work.
