A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday, June 8, 2024.
The husband of 45-year-old
Farida and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province discovered
her on Friday inside the reticulated python, which measured around five metres
(16 feet).
The mother of four had gone
missing Thursday night and failed to return home, forcing a search effort,
village head Suardi Rosi told AFP.
"Her husband "found
her belongings... which made him suspicious. The villagers then searched the
area. They soon spotted a python with a large belly," said Suardi.
"They agreed to cut open
the python's stomach. As soon as they did, Farida's head was immediately
visible."
Farida was found fully clothed
inside the snake.
Such incidents are considered
extremely rare but several people have died in Indonesia in recent years after
being swallowed whole by pythons.
Last year, residents in
Southeast Sulawesi's Tinanggea district killed an eight-metre python, which was
found strangling and eating one of the farmers in a village.
In 2018, a 54-year-old woman
was found dead inside a seven-metre python in Southeast Sulawesi's Muna town.
And the year before, a farmer
in West Sulawesi went missing before being found eaten alive by a four-metre
python at a palm oil plantation.
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