Teacher wrestles 17ft snake

Teacher wrestles 17ft snake

A teacher wrestled a 17ft snake.

''We didn't have to be worried because I put it a cloth on his head so it was blind and became like a big worm.''

Sebastien Bascoules from Matoury, French Guiana on the north-eastern coast of South America, caught the huge 175lb reptile after it ate his neighbour's dog.

Sebastien waded into the river with a pal to grab the snake, before blindfolding it with a t-shirt, reports The Mirror newspaper.

He then kept the anaconda in his bathtub over night before releasing it back into a river six miles away.

He said: ''At first I was not scared because I thought it was smaller - but I was very surprised by his strength and his length - more than five metres.

''My wife was worried it might escape from the bathroom during the night.

''We didn't have to be worried because I put it a cloth on his head so it was blind and became like a big worm.''