Farida, 45, was discovered inside a reticulated python, which measured around five meters, on Friday. The mother of four children disappeared Thursday evening, and a search had been launched, village chief Suardi Rosi told AFP.
Residents of Kalempang village, located in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, searched the area and quickly spotted “a python with a big belly,” Suardi Rosi said. “They decided to open her stomach and Farida’s head appeared. » The victim was fully clothed inside the snake.
Such incidents are extremely rare, but several people have died in Indonesia in recent years after being swallowed by pythons. Last year, residents of Tinanggea district in Southeast Sulawesi killed an eight-meter python, which had strangled and eaten a farmer. In 2018, a 54-year-old woman was found dead inside a seven-meter python in the town of Muna, Southeast Sulawesi.