A snake stranded on a bamboo tree was rescued by a man after locals tried to kill the animal in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.<br /><br />The incident took place in Sonitpur district on April 28.<br /><br />According to local sources, the python was spotted by the locals inside a tea green and panic spread among the locals who set fire to the tree where the snake was resting.<br /><br />As news spread, a local man and his friends rushed to the spot and saved the snake, where he rescued the python and hauled it out of the tree.<br /><br />The snake was later released into a nearby forest.