Record broken after 17-foot-1-inch Burmese Python caught

South Florida Water tweeted this Monday that python hunter Jason Leon set a record for the SFWMD Python Elimination Program when he brought a 17-foot-1-inch Burmese Python to the District's Homestead Field Station.

In the video, the hunter states that the snake was captured at 2:45 in the morning on Friday. The snake was found in the company of a small male snake.