A 64-year-old woman was preparing to do her evening dishes at her home outside Bangkok when she felt a sharp pain in her thigh and looked down to see a huge python taking hold of her.

WATCH: 64-year-old woman survives two-hour python attack at her home in Bangkok Police officers and animal control experts intervened to free Arom from the 16-foot python’s grip eventually.

She was found in Padang Lambe by her daughter with the snake just feet from her body, Awaluddin told AFP. Locals beat the snake to death and said the woman had been swallowed up to her shoulders ...