This is the heart-stopping moment a woman narrowly escaped a deadly cobra slithering into her house.

Pranee, 66, was lying on the floor when she spotted the snake creeping through the living room in Sakhon Nakhon, northeast Thailand.

CCTV footage shows the terrified resident trying to scramble to her feet as the venomous serpent crept closer. She shrieked in terror when the cobra lifted its head, poised to strike her on October 8.

Pranee was seen crawling away as the reptile slinked away under a wooden bench.

Pranee's son Dam Sibthit, a local snake wrangler, said: ‘I wasn't at home when it happened. My mother was alone. 

‘The snake that slithered in was a cobra. After the incident, it slithered out to the front of the house by itself. 

‘We're still not sure where it went. Fortunately, my mother wasn't harmed, but she's old and already ill with a herniated disc. Now, I've installed mesh netting around the house.'

On Sunday, a 93-year-old grandmother was rushed to the ICU after a cobra bit her while she was sleeping.

Thong Pratumthong, 93, was taking a noontime nap when the sinister snake sank its fangs into her finger in Phetchabun province.

The elderly woman was jolted awake by the sharp pain and let out a scream, thrashing as the cobra slithered away from the scene. The noise alerted her family, who immediately rushed her to a hospital, where she remains under close observation.

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.