A giant python found its way into a school bus in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli and was rescued by forest department officials in an operation lasting an hour over the weekend.
A video, being widely shared online, showed an official pulling the snake out of the bus engine using a rope.
In another clip, the snake was seen trying to grab a sack brought in to contain it. People standing outside the vehicle tried to take videos of it.
Since it was a weekend, there were no children in the bus. The vehicle had been parked in a village, NDTV reported.
Residents saw the snake going into the bus after attacking a goat and alerted the authorities.
According to reports, the python was 11-feet-long and weighed 80 kilograms.
"That's scary, especially when found in a school bus," a Twitter user commented.
"Frightening," another person said.
Others questioned the rescue method.
"I hope the python was not hurt and was released in the wild?" a third user asked. "Very harsh way of taking out the snake. Hope its alright (sic)."
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