A group of men hunting wild boar in Indonesia on Wednesday (February 17) stumbled across a giant reticulated python measuring 23 feet.

Hunters from the Agam District of West Sumatra arrived at an oil palm plantation hoping to spot boar but instead noticed the huge reptile inside the trunk of a fallen tree.

It took ten men to haul the giant snake from the tree trunk and place it in a sack.

"We removed the snake by snaring it with a rope. Even with 10 people, had a hard time removing it," hunter Mukhlis Effendi said.

The hunters said they caught the snake over concerns that it was eating livestock and pets.

According to Effendi, the hunters hadn't decided yet what to do with the reptile and were considering where to relocate the animal.

The reticulated python is the world's longest snake.

The non-venomous species has been known to kill and eat adult humans.

Dozens men on hunting wild boar trip in Indonesia were surprised to catch an enormous python instead last Wednesday (February 17).

Hunters from Agam District, West Sumatra, planned to catch wild boar pests in the forest, but when the group arrived at the Cumateh oil palm plantation (about 10 kilometers from the settlement), one of them, Mukhlis Effendi, saw a large snake inside the trunk of a fallen tree.

They then took out the snake from the hole in the tree trunk. This monster python estimate it could have been as long as 23ft.

"We removed the snake by snaring it with a rope. We, with 10 people, had a hard time removing it," Mukhlis said.

This python is thought to often eat the residents' calves and prey on domesticated dogs when they are brought to hunt wild boar at that location.

The snake then put in a sack. After that, they immediately took the snake to the village area to decide what should be done with it so as not to disturb the community. According to Mukhlis, he did not know what would be done to the snake.

Local say the presence of a number of pythons is very disturbing and unsettling for residents as they often lose livestock, which are thought to be due to snake prey.

A month ago, locals also caught a python, but smaller than this one caught.