This is the moment a shocked rider found a huge python coiled round his motorcycle in Thailand.

The angler had gone out fishing before he returned to see the serpent wrapped around the bike's handlebars in Trang province on November 28.

Footage shows the python twisting around the two-wheeler as it raised its head menacing.

The fisherman used a long wooden stick to drive the snake away - then made a quick getaway onboard his vehicle to avoid being attacked by the deadly reptile.

They said: 'I shiver when I think about that huge snake. I was checking my bike the whole way home to make sure no other pythons were inside.'

The reticulated python is found throughout Southeast Asia, where they live in forests, swamps, canals and even in cities, causing them to come into conflict with humans. The species is one of the world's largest snakes and can eat humans, cats, dogs, birds, rats and other snakes.