A 17ft reticulated python was found lurking near a villager's house in southern Thailand on 11 August.<br /><br />The huge reptile was spotted by terrified resident Tum, 59, while she was checking her palm trees in Krabi province on August 11.<br /><br />Tum said she heard a strange noise and walked over only to find the python thrashing on the ground due to being stuck in a fishing net.<br /><br />Animal welfare volunteers cut the net loose while holding the snake's head down with a pole before releasing it away from nearby homes.<br /><br />"It was so big. I'll never be able to forget its size," Tum said.
