A massive cobra was caught in a family's bedroom in Thailand.

Housewife Satinah Leubaesa was going to bed when she noticed the 13ft deadly reptile slithering on the sheets at her home in Yala province on November 3.

The terrified resident rushed outside and called the local snake catchers for help.

Footage shows the experts using catch poles to drag the huge snake from behind a cabinet. Villagers watched as they hauled it outside and sealed it inside a sack to be released into its natural habitat.

Satinah said: 'I was startled when I saw the cobra on the bed. I ran outside screaming to my neighbours to call for help. I don't know how it entered the house. I was lucky I spotted it before going to sleep.'

Researchers found that 7,000 people are treated for snake bites each year in Thailand. Suchai Suteparuk from the Division of Toxicology at Chulalongkorn University reported that 30 of those die, with cobras being the biggest killer.