A wild monitor was found in a woman's car engine - then leapt out and scampered down the street.<br /><br />The reptile sparked panic when the driver saw it taking shelter in the warm and dry vehicle in Lopburi, central Thailand. <br /><br />Animal handlers arrived but the agile lizard evaded their grasp and sprinted away down the road. <br /><br />Footage shows the moment when the rescuers tried and failed their second attempt to catch the lizard who ran into a house. The home owner Chayut Wang managed to then trap it under his foot<br /><br />He said: "I am afraid of the monitor lizard but accidentally stepped on it. I was surprised when I caught it.''<br /><br />The lizard was put in the back of an emergency vehicle and driven away to be released into the wild.
