A bus driver found a python stuck inside the engine of a vehicle sparking panic from terrified passengers.<br /><br />The driver, Phuvadol Deenak, 40, felt a sudden jolt while he was travelling in Rayong, eastern Thailand last Thursday (October 10) afternoon.<br /><br />He pulled over and lifted the bonnet where the 12ft long reptile was wrapped around parts of the engine.<br /><br />Shocked passengers watched as rescued workers dragged out the serpent, which was coiled around the machinery.<br /><br />They spent 20 minutes pulling at the snake before it released its grip.<br /><br />Driver Phuvadol believes the snake might come from a swamp near his house before he began collecting people that day.<br /><br />He said: "I parked the car near my house before I came out for work. I think the snake must have slithered from the swamp nearby and entered the engine by going up through the wheel.<br /><br />"When I felt a bump, I stopped to check and found the python. Some of the passengers were scared and ran away.''<br /><br />The python was put into the sack and released back to the wild.
