Astonishing moment woman is found being crushed by a 13ft PYTHON

This is the astonishing moment a grandmother was found alive after enduring a terrifying four-hour suffocation attack by a 13ft-long python. 

Arrom Arunroj, 64, was washing dishes in her outdoor kitchen in Samut Prakan, Thailand, when she felt a sudden stab of pain in her right thigh.

She looked down thinking it was a monitor lizard that had bitten her - only to see a massive 13ft python snaking up her leg.

Arrom said she panicked and tried to yank the python's head away from her.

However, she fell over, which allowed the 45lbs snake to wrap itself tightly around her torso.

The widow said she struggled for more than two hours before her screams were finally heard by a neighbour who then called the police.

Dramatic footage shows an injured Arrom sitting helplessly on the ground following the attack on September 17. 

Her arms had gone pale and numb and she had wounds on her leg from where the python had bitten her.  

Arrom was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

She said: 'I work as a housekeeper at a children's hospital in Bangkok. I had been renting this room with my husband for many years, but he passed away last year. I have been living alone since then.

'I didn't notice the snake until it had bit me. I looked down and it was coiling around my leg.

'I was scared that the python would kill me, so I screamed at the top of my lungs until a passer-by heard me. I have never been so terrified in my life.

'The snake just would not let go of me. I'm sure it was waiting for me to die so it could eat me. So I just prayed and did my best to stay alive.'

Police Sergeant Major Anusorn Wongmalee, commander of the Crime Prevention and Suppression Unit of the Phra Samut Chedi Police Station, said cops received the report at 10pm.

He said: 'The scene of the incident was a single-storey rental apartment with five rooms built next to each other. In the fourth room where the victim lived, the door was locked.

'The police and rescue workers could hear her weak cries from inside so we broke down the door to rescue her. What we saw shocked us.

'The elderly woman was being squeezed by a huge python that must have weighed more than 45lbs. 

'We used whatever tools we could to try to pry her free from it. It took more than 30 minutes to remove the snake. It was then released back into the forest behind the room.

Pythons are found throughout Thailand but it is rare for them to attack humans. 

They are non-venomous but kill their prey by stunning them with a bite before wrapping around them and crushing them to death.