KALEMPANG: A woman has tragically been discovered dead inside the belly of a snake in central Indonesia, according to a local official on Saturday.
Farida, aged 45, was found by her husband and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province on Friday, inside a reticulated python measuring approximately five metres (16 feet).
Farida, a mother-of-four, had gone missing on Thursday night and did not return home, prompting a search effort, explained village head Suardi Rosi to 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.
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While such incidents are exceptionally rare, several people in Indonesia have lost their lives in recent years after being swallowed whole by pythons.
Just last year, residents in Southeast Sulawesi’s Tinanggea district killed an eight-metre python, which had been strangling and consuming one of the farmers in a village.
In 2018, a 54-year-old woman was discovered dead inside a seven-metre python in Southeast Sulawesi’s Muna town.
And in the preceding year, a farmer in West Sulawesi vanished before being found consumed by a four-metre python at a palm oil plantation.
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