In a tragic incident in central Indonesia, a woman named Farida, aged 45, was discovered dead inside the belly of a reticulated python on Friday. Farida, a mother-of-four from Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province, had gone missing on Thursday night. Her husband, along with residents of the village, found her inside the five-meter-long snake after a search effort. The villagers became suspicious after finding Farida’s belongings, leading to the discovery of the python with a visibly large belly. Upon cutting open the snake’s stomach, Farida’s fully clothed body was found. While such incidents are rare, they have occurred in Indonesia before.
Last year, an eight-meter python was killed in Southeast Sulawesi after strangling and consuming a farmer. In 2018, a similar incident took place in Southeast Sulawesi’s Muna town, where a woman was found dead inside a seven-meter python. In another case in West Sulawesi, a farmer was eaten alive by a four-meter python at a palm oil plantation. The recent incident has once again highlighted the dangers posed by large pythons in certain regions of Indonesia.
