Picture: Sanook

 

Panicked house owner Nitjaree, 29, in Sala Lai sub-district called the Chondaen police in Phetchabun after she saw a huge King Cobra slither into her garden and take up residence near some bricks next to a wall. 

 

The police called Ruam Katanyu Foundation late Monday, reported Sanook.

 

The snake catchers first called on the large crowd that had gathered to disperse. They deemed this was a dangerous situation.

 

They had to take great care as the snake was rearing up and making threatening moves displaying its hood. 

 

After 15 minutes they had the three meter long snake in a fertilizer sack. It had been injured on its rear section that might account for its ferocity and its seeking somewhere to hide.

 

During the capture process locals and the house owner had been live on Facebook streaming the event.

 

This caused many netizens to want to know the house number and area number so they could play the lottery.

 

The arrival of snakes often heralds lottery fever in Thailand, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

The house was number 82 in Moo 2.

 

Hope you get rich in the next draw!

 

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"It had been injured on its rear section that might account for its ferocity and its seeking somewhere to hide."

I would say that being surrounded by humans with noisy machines and bright lights just caused its survival instincts to kick in.

This one at my house wasn't injured, and this is standard behaviour for cobras.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

This caused many netizens to want to know the house number and area number so they could play the lottery.

 

The arrival of snakes often heralds lottery fever in Thailand

Gullible and easily misled 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

They had to take great care as the snake was rearing up and making threatening moves displaying its hood.

Must have been a male snake?

the one I had in my garden a few weeks ago did not bring any luck. It left rather quickly after a few bashes actually was growling at me

 

3 hours ago, 2long said:

"It had been injured on its rear section that might account for its ferocity and its seeking somewhere to hide."

I would say that being surrounded by humans with noisy machines and bright lights just caused its survival instincts to kick in.

This one at my house wasn't injured, and this is standard behaviour for cobras.

Looks like a spitting cobra?  Kind of dangerous for a close photo!

30 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Must have been a male snake?

Trouser Snake 555555

14 minutes ago, onekoolguy said:

Looks like a spitting cobra?  Kind of dangerous for a close photo!

I was drunk, and my young daughter found it! Lucky, yes!

Also, when I first started to interact with it, it hadn't raised its hood, which of course is when I discovered what it was!

With a little help from me, our security guard bagged it and the local authorities came to collect it.

Happy endings all round! ????????????

23 minutes ago, head bender said:

the one I had in my garden a few weeks ago did not bring any luck. It left rather quickly after a few bashes actually was growling at me

 

"bashes" .... <deleted> !!!!

Rule 1: leave snakes alone. Rule 2: don't forget rule 1.

9 hours ago, onekoolguy said:

Looks like a spitting cobra?  Kind of dangerous for a close photo!

I tried to show my Phetchabun wife my snake and she spat at me!

People who wrote this article are obviously not familiar with King Cobras.

It's the longest and biggest venomous snake on the planet and can reach

six meters in length. Mostly they like to eat other snakes.

 

So, sorry to disappoint y'all but this was just a teenager.

This is a huge King Cobra, for reference..

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There's not much in life anymore that scares me, I love spiders and centipedes and dive with sharks. Dealt with rattlers and coral snakes.

 

But I've seen water moccasins in the US, and King Cobras in LOS, a few times that, when they felt cornered, moved faster than the eye.

 

Find the babies a few times a year in Trat, about 8" long, trying to get through the closed sliders on the back of the bungalow. Yes, they can squeeze through. Scary, as when they bite, they don't ration the venom. 

 

No, I don't relocate them, and do not return them to mom. My dog is far more important.

5 minutes ago, milys said:

This is a huge King Cobra, for reference..

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That is a buffet waiting to happen....