Python hunters in Florida catch nearly 200-pound python

in tonight's wild florida monster catch. It took five men to wrangle a supersize snake. These python hunters nearly set a florida record. Local tents. Andrea Martinez is in the newsroom with their incredible story. 17 ft long and nearly £200. It took five men to take out this Burmese python and it's a feat so many hope to accomplish. But these guys say they were just at the right place at the right time. A catch of a lifetime. One of the biggest snakes ever caught in florida captured friday night by five python hunters. I grabbed her by the head, which is was the equivalent of the size of a football and stretched her in one direction. My son stretched her in the other and the other three guys jumped on top of her. She's a Burmese python straight out of Big Cypress National Preserve, measuring in at nearly £200 and more than 17 ft long. Longtime florida sportsman and conservationist Mike Elfenbein said he, his son and three other experienced hunters were blown away when they took a closer look at her. If the five of us weren't there, we wouldn't have caught her. Um, she was crossing the road. We were just lucky to be in the right place at the right time. It's the second heaviest snake ever officially caught in florida. Back in june of last year, £215 python was caught in southwest florida. These swamp monsters aren't native to our ecosystem and present a threat to our wildlife. A python, this big 17 ft, almost £200 likely consumed a lot of our deer and rabbit and all the other little furry critters that we love to see here in florida. The python was observed and recorded by the F. W. C. One of the men will be keeping the skull for display and the rest of the python will be preserved. And the hunters say they have been receiving messages of congratulations and support from fellow hunters since that big catch in the newsroom. Andrea Martinez, local 10 news.