A bloated 15ft-long python sparked panic after raiding a farmer's coop and eating a duck.

Waeasae Sapaeing, 39, was woken when he heard loud cackling coming from the shed outside his house at nighttime in Narathiwat, Thailand on November 7.

The farmer became suspicious that an intruder had entered the livestock's enclosure since the birds never cried at night unless they were disturbed.

He stood up from the bed and found a hungry python feasting on the animals with one duck already in its mouth.

The greedy snake chose a large duck for dinner so it was unable to move immediately when it was caught.

The farmer worried about catching the snake as he had never done it before, but he had to do it or else more ducks would die.

Waeasae pulled the snake from its tail and dragged it to his front house before tying it in a rope attached to the fence.

Excite neighbours watched the python outside the house after it was caught as it had also attacked their chickens and rabbits in the past.

The homeowner called the rescue team and turned over the animal to them and was released in the wild later.