In a stunning display of dedication that definitely won't give anyone nightmares, Tom Rahill has won this year's Florida Python Challenge by capturing and humanely dispatching a whopping 96 invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades National Park. Because nothing says 'fun' like a 10-day reptile slaughterfest with a $10,000 prize.

The annual event, which is totally a thing, invites hunters to spend 10 days in August tromping through eight designated hunting locations to catch and euthanize as many of these slithery invaders as possible. This year, 907 brave (or possibly unhinged) participants from 30 US states, plus Canada and Vietnam, joined the fray. Rahill, a professional python hunter and founder of SwampApes - an organization that takes veterans suffering from PTSD on python hunts in Florida's wetlands - emerged victorious.

Rahill told an FWC meeting in Panama City that he was on a mission to get a big snake for a veteran. 'I did it. And we wrestled this thing … The veteran was just over the moon,' he said, as reported by Naples Daily News. After that heartwarming moment, he apparently decided to keep going and bagged 96 more snakes. Over the 10 days, participants removed a total of 280 pythons, adding to the 1,400 already taken out this year before the competition.

The event also awards other prizes, including $1,000 for the longest python, which went to Rahm Levinson for a 16ft 5in monster. Because nothing says 'prize-worthy' like a snake longer than a compact car.

Burmese pythons, native to southeast Asia, have been wreaking havoc on the Everglades since the 1990s, gobbling up native wildlife and breeding like they're getting paid for it. Females can lay up to 100 eggs annually, and despite high hatchling mortality, the population is estimated in the tens of thousands. The challenge is held during the summer hatching season to maximize captures, because apparently, striking while the iron is hot also applies to invasive species management.

Since 2017, the challenge has removed over 1,600 snakes, and combined with FWC contractors who hunt year-round, that number jumps to over 19,000. Sarah Funck, FWC program coordinator, admitted there's no 'silver bullet' to solve the python invasion, but stressed that eliminating just one python 'is a win for Florida's native wildlife.' So, keep on hunting, folks. The snakes aren't going to catch themselves.