This is the astonishing moment a 5ft long monitor lizard was found in a couple's car engine.<br /><br />Santi Sornkaew was about to set off with his wife, Paveena, when they heard a strange noise from under the bonnet.<br /><br />He opened it up and was stunned to see the reptile curled up in the car outside their home in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday (December 31) morning.<br /><br />The pair recoiled in fright and called the local rescue service but they were not available and neighbours spent more than 30 minutes grappling with the ferocious beast.<br /><br />Footage shows how the angry lizard repeatedly whipped its power tail to resist being caught.<br /><br />Locals eventually managed to cover the reptile's head with a sack to calm it down before they tied it with rope while they were waiting for the rescue team to take it away.<br /><br />Paveena said she the incident had shocked her as it was the first time she found a monitor lizard in the car engine.<br /><br />She said: "It was quite a scary moment for us. The reptile was so big and it confused us how could it enter the car engine and stay there.''<br /><br />The lizard is believed to have emerged from a nearby canal and been looking for some shade to avoid the hot sun when it climbed up into the engine from underneath the car.
