Jakarta
A woman in central Indonesia tragically died after being swallowed whole by a giant python, as reported by local media on Sunday.
The incident occurred in the village of Kalempang in South Sulawesi province, where a five-meter (16 feet) python swallowed the 45-year-old woman, identified as Farida, according to news website Detik.
Farida had left home on Thursday, telling her husband she was going to sell chili peppers to a collector. When she did not return, her husband and relatives initiated a search. The following morning, the python was found near Farida’s abandoned belongings.
The villagers, including her husband, killed the snake and cut it open, discovering Farida’s body fully clothed inside the serpent.
While such incidents are rare, several have occurred in Indonesia in recent years. Last year, an eight-meter (26.2-feet) python was killed by locals in Southeast Sulawesi’s Tinanggea district after it strangled and consumed a farmer. Similarly, in 2018, a woman was found dead inside a seven-meter (22.11 feet) python in the town of Muna in Southeast Sulawesi.
