INCREDIBLE MOMENT; TEACHER WRESTLES ANACONDA SNAKE

This is the incredible moment a teacher wrestled a 17-foot anaconda from a river just hours after the huge snake had eaten his friend's pet dog.
Sebastien Bascoules, 39, waded into a shallow river to retrieve the massive, deadly predator after it had snatched the pooch from the bank.
The maths teacher, who lives in Matoury, French Guiana, hauled the 175lb - 12-and-a-half-stone - reptile
onto land in nearby Montsinery before blindfolding it with a T-shirt.
He then put the giant in his bathtub overnight before releasing it into a river six miles away.





massive anaconda which had eaten sabestains pet dog




The dad-of-three allowed his kids, Noam 11, Solal, eight, and Mano, five, to interact with the beast after dragging it onto dry land.
He said: "A friend phoned me and explained that his dog, Minus, had been eaten by an anaconda close to his house.
"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.
"Since I was 10 years old I have liked handling reptiles but this was the biggest snake I had ever seen and I had ever caught




"It was so big I asked to my friend to help me by catching his tail - otherwise it could strangulate me.
"Because it was digesting the dog it was very calm before I touched it."
Sebastien said by the time he and his neighbour landed the snake it was too late to re-home it away from the residential area.
So he brought it into his family home to spend the night in the bathtub



release; the snake was kept in a bathtub before been driven by a car to a river 6miles away

He said: "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."
The next day Sebastien released the anaconda six miles away into a river close to swamps where the creatures are often found.

Sebastien, originally from France, has lived in French Guiana for 15 years and works part-time as a tour guide.
He said: "I chose this country because of its fauna - particularly reptiles and amphibians.
"It is really common to come across snakes in French Guiana, there are 98 species here.
"I have caught between 15 and 20 anacondas. To capture a snake this size is a dream come true."

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