Three Florida python hunters made the catch of a lifetime after they wrestled an 18-foot long python in the middle of Florida Everglades, reports Daily Mail.

The trio were in Myakka City, near Sarasota, when they happened to catch sight of the enormous snake as they were travelling along a levee late on Thursday night.

Dusty Crum was driving the pickup truck at around 11:00pm when one of his lookouts who was sitting on the vehicles roof, banged on the car to alert the team he had seen something big in nearby bushes.

The group quickly pulled over to the side of the road and shut the truck's engine off after the reptile was spotted at the side of the road, reports the Daily Mail.

Knowing it would be a struggle, Dusty told NBC that he did everything in his power to capture the monster and bring it aboard.

'I wrap my legs around this snake, like Ric Flair figure four leg lock,' Dusty said. 'It was just the struggle of my life, the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

'I didn't know what else to do. I put it in my mouth and I bit down on the tail and took another grip but it was too strong for me—I couldn't hold it.'