By MailOnline Reporter
Published: 09:31 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 09:31 GMT, 1 March 2019
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This is the terrifying moment a python bites a pensioner's foot as she sleeps.
Kaew Sudsopha, 75, was in bed when the deadly serpent slithered through the pipe work, out of her toilet, and into her room in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
CCTV installed by her son to monitor his elderly mother shows the snake creeping across the tiles - its eyes glowing as it sizes up its victim.
As Sudsopha's foot drops off the bed, the snake is seen rearing up while preparing to strike
Snakes entering homes is not uncommon in Thailand, which is home to the python
Sudsopha's son rushed into the room and turned on the lights before chasing the snake away
The snake emerged from the toilet, where rescue workers later found it curled up
As Ms Sudsopha's foot drops off the bed, the snake is seen rearing up while preparing to strike - then lashing out and sinking its fangs into the grandmother's foot.
The startled pensioner recoiled with fright and grabbed a torch to reveal the