Snakes are beautiful creatures to admire and are indeed fascinating animals. However, it is preferable that they remain in their natural habitats…

My worst nightmare is if a snake came into my house, I honestly wouldn’t know how to react.

Now imagine if a massive 12-foot python suddenly slithered down your toilet…

This is precisely what happened in Thailand, and the footage of this incident has gone viral. On March 17, a family in Samut Prakan, Thailand, experienced a horrifying moment when they discovered a python crawling out of their toilet bowl.

Following the distressing incident, a wildlife team was called in to help extract the 12-foot-long reptile trapped inside the toilet’s plumbing system.

According to Suwi Paramas, a housewife, she had just used the toilet and was washing her hands when she saw something alarming. To her further horror, a large yellowish reptile suddenly appeared in the toilet, sending shivers down her spine.

Filled with terror, Suwi ran out of the room. Her screams echoed throughout the house and her husband and brother-in-law soon realised that something was very wrong.

The family called emergency services, who came to the rescue.

Video footage shows how the wildlife team used a specialised tool to secure the snake. But despite the efforts of two men who tried to get the python out, their mission failed. It was difficult to hold it properly and the situation worsened.

“I was so scared. I couldn’t even see why they were catching the snake. It could have killed me,” Suwi said, according to News Flare.

Finally, with the family’s consent, the decision was made to break the ceramic sink, even with the snake still trapped in the curved section of the pipe, known as the “U.”

However, due to its enormous stomach, it proved impossible to remove it directly from the hole. Instead, the wildlife team had to dismantle the pipe and retrieve the snake from the opposite side, carefully removing it to ensure the safety of both the reptile and the plumbing system.

Things could have been very different, but thankfully, the whole situation was handled professionally. No injuries were reported during the incident and the rescuers carefully picked up the snake with the intention of releasing it back into its natural habitat.

Let’s hope this curious snake remains there in the future.

This is not the first time a python has appeared in Thai bathrooms, and they usually come out during the hot season to seek out cool, humid places.

In 2021, a number of alarming incidents involving snakes in toilets occurred in Southeast Asia. One such incident involved a massive 2.5-metre-long python, which was pulled out of a toilet after biting a man on the butt. A Thai man was sent to hospital after a 3-metre-long python emerged from a squat toilet and sank its teeth into his penis.