(GRAPHIC) Missing grandma’s body found in monster python that swallowed her whole

[Homebody]

New York Post
By Lee Brown
October 25, 2022 12:21pm Updated

A grandmother was swallowed whole by a 22-foot-long python in Indonesia — with shocking video capturing the moment her remains were found inside the cut-open beast.

Police told CNN Indonesia that a search was launched after the victim, only identified as Jahrah, 54, failed to return from collecting rubber from a plantation in Jambi province on Sunday.

Her husband searched the area, but only found his wife’s sandals, jacket, headscarf and knife, Betara Jambi Police Chief AKP Herafa told the outlet.

He returned to the same area with a search party the next day — stumbling across the giant snake with a swollen mid-section where it had eaten something large, police confirmed.

Wild video shows a volunteer carefully using a branch to pin the python’s head down as others started bashing it above the swollen area.

The disturbing clip then cut to villagers carefully slicing it open — revealing what officials say was the swallowed body of the missing grandma.

“Everyone was astonished,” Anto, the head of the local Terjun Gajah village, told ViralPress.

“It turned out that the woman we were looking for was in the snake’s stomach.”

The snake likely bit Jahrah and then suffocated her by wrapping itself around her before swallowing her, said Anto — who estimated it would have taken at least two hours.

It was not even a record for the village — where a 27-foot-long python was previously spotted, Anto said.

That one got away, the official said, leaving locals “worried that bigger snakes are still in the forest.”

https://nypost.com/2022/10/25/missin...onster-python/ (includes graphic video & images)

[Bogertophis]

I think it's a safe assumption that this woman was petite. As if anyone needs a reminder- giant snakes cannot afford to be fussy eaters. They are NOT like ball pythons & many other snakes that make great (& safe) pets.

BBC covered this too (& without the graphic photos for those who prefer to miss those):

https://click.email.bbc.com/?qs=2444...f0c4366be3cbc6

[Homebody]

Tragedies like this remind me that man's domination of nature is not absolute. There are still wild and dangerous places in the world, and I hope there always will be.

[Bogertophis]

Tragedies like this remind me that man's domination of nature is not absolute. There are still wild and dangerous places in the world, and I hope there always will be.

Yes, tigers, bears, crocodiles, giant snakes, etc. Unfortunately, the greater the earth's population, the less room & therefore the less tolerance humans have for these magnificent wild predators. And we might well feel differently if our livelihood exposed us or our families to these risks every day. It's one thing to have a predator in captivity- it's quite another to be surprised by one on their home turf.