


“Once we got him pulled out, it was like, ‘My God! What a snake!’” Wilkinson told WTVT.Īccording to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the longest python ever caught in Florida was a female measuring 18 feet, 9 inches in 2013.īurmese pythons became invasive in Florida as a result of escaped or released pets, the FWC said in a news release. Then they realized how large the reptile was. “We were trying to pull him back and pull him back but he got back on us,” Wilkinson told WTVT. The snake worked its way into a culvert, so Brown, Wilkinson and Brown’s son tried to capture it. We are going to catch that thing,’” Wilkinson told WTVT. > Florida man catches 17-foot python in Everglades He called his cousin, William Wilkinson, and asked for help. Some pythons measuring more than 15 feet long have been caught in the Everglades by snake hunters.īrown found a bigger one. Zolfo Springs cousins wrangle 300-pound, 16-foot Burmese python on family property #zolfosprings #python - Kim Kuizon FOX 13 February 10, 2021īurmese pythons are an invasive species found in the Everglades.
