A 37-year-old man in Riau province, Indonesia not only
survived his encounter with a 7-meter python but killed the snake as
well.
Robert Nababan, a resident of the Indagiri Hulu regency of
Riau, is currently receiving treatment in a hospital after claiming that
he wrestled with the gigantic snake. He only suffered deep cuts on his
left arm and fingers from the python’s bite, as well as exhaustion.
Speaking to reporters, Robert said that he was driving home
on his motorcycle from his job as a security guard at a palm oil
plantation near his village on Saturday evening.
He then came across two pedestrians who wanted to cross the
road but stopped in their tracks when they saw the python lying in the
middle of the road.
“I tried to catch it (the python). It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while,” Robert said, as quoted by Detik today.
Unfortunately, before Robert could go on with his story,
his family kicked out the journalists who were reporting on the story
from the hospital room so that Robert could get some rest.
The animal’s carcass is being kept as a trophy in Robert’s village,
where its long body is tied between two trees for everyone, including
children, to see.
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