WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: There have been numerous instances of pythons attacking, killing and even swallowing their human victims whole as workers find themselves working close to their natural habitats
This is the chilling moment a dad-of-three’s body was cut out of the belly of a 23ft python that swallowed him whole.
Indonesian farmer and dad-of-three Peco, 30, was collecting sap for making brown sugar when the serpent coiled around his body shortly after dusk on Tuesday. The giant snake crushed the father to death in the North Luwu Regency region before eating 5ft 3ins Peco whole.
Concerned for Peco’s safety, his brother-in-law Wawan went out to look for him but went to return home. He then spotted the snake with a full stomach and rushed to get others to help.
Graphic images showed how villagers arrived to slice open the snake’s stomach shortly before midnight. According to The Daily Mail, Wawan said: “We used to joke that we could be eaten by a snake at night.
“They are a danger that everyone knows about. I cannot explain how my brother was caught by one. He was very experienced.”
Police later confirmed that Peco was inside the python and had died. They are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death and his family have been notified.
Sabbang police chief Ipda Jusman said following the recovery of Peco’s body: “The snake was found and after that, residents were called and together they removed the victim’s body from the snake’s stomach. After successfully removing the victim’s body from the python’s stomach, residents then took the victim’s body to the funeral home. He will be cremated today.”
Pythons are common in Indonesia and there have been previous instances of people being attacked, killed or even swallowed whole by them. A 54-year-old woman was killed by a python in 2018 and two years later a 16-year-old boy was attacked and killed by a 23ft long serpent.
In another case, a woman named Hapsah, 57, who was working at a rubber tree plantation in Muaro Jambi Regency was killed by a python earlier this year. The 16ft reptile coiled itself around her body and slowly squeezed her to death.
While dense woodland make for perfect homes for pythons, the encroachment of humans had led to an increased number of attacks in recent years.
