This was the moment shocked fisherman wrestled with a 27ft long python after it wrapped itself around of the men’s ankle. Villagers were walking across the banks of a stream in West Sumatra, Indonesia, on November 24, trying to catch eels when one of them mistook the snake for a log and stepped on it. The angry reptile lashed out and sparked a frantic battle with six men all grappling with the 100kg beast. One resident, Tan Galuang, said the snake was even wrapped round one man’s ankle during the fracas.