A terrified python was found coiled in a garage roof in Chachoengsao, Thailand on Wednesday (October 9).<br /><br />Footage showed the 16ft long snake wrapped tightly around the metal beams of the car port.<br /><br />Resident Sayun Poomrueng, 35, heard his two pets dogs angrily barking at the intruder - which he said had taken flight to avoid being bitten by them.<br /><br />Rescuer workers arrived and used a long rod to pull the serpent down before putting it in the sack.<br /><br />Sayun, a shrimp farm owner, believes that the snake had slithered up to safety after being chased by his pet dogs which were protecting his home from the snake.<br /><br />He said: "I heard my dogs barking when I came home this morning. When I went to see what had happened, I saw they were staring at the rood. I looked up and saw the big python stuck there.<br /><br />"I think it must have been scared by my dogs and slithered up to the roof. Fortunately, neither my cat nor dog was strangled or eaten by it. <br /><br />''The snake was more scared of them because they were protecting my home.''<br /><br />The rescuers drove away with the python, which will be released back into the wild.
