July 4th 2024.
As Siriati, a mother of five, made her way through the Indonesian forest, little did she know that it would be her final journey. She was headed to meet her brother and together they were planning to go to the market. However, fate had something else in store for her. It was on Tuesday morning, near the village of Siteba in Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi, when she was attacked by a massive 30ft python.
Her absence started to worry her brother who then contacted her husband, Adiansya. Concerned, he retraced her route and that's when he stumbled upon her sandals. To his utter shock, he saw the giant snake devouring his wife, with her legs sticking out of its mouth. Without a moment's hesitation, he took action and killed the snake. He then dragged Siriati's body out, but it was too late, she had already passed away.
The news of her death spread quickly and authorities were alerted. Her body was recovered and taken back home before being laid to rest in Siteba the next day. Speaking about the incident, the Siteba Village Secretary, Iyang, shared that the attack took place around 7:30am. Siriati, who had ventured out to buy medicine for her three-year-old son, was visiting her brother and had to go through the forest to reach him.
According to Iyang, her brother had waited for a long time, but when Siriati didn't show up, he called her husband. It was then that he learned that she had been missing since early morning. Adiansya, who went looking for his wife, found her sandals on the road in the middle of the forest. The snake tracks near the sandals made him suspect that she had been eaten by a snake. He then discovered her body, dragged five meters away from the location where she had been attacked.
The Walenrang Police Chief, Adjunct Police Commissioner Idul, confirmed that Siriati's body was found intact, but suspected that her bones may have been crushed. He also noted a wound on her leg, which was likely caused by a snake bite. Idul stated, "We think it was a snake bite. After being bitten, it immediately wrapped itself around the leg and finally paralyzed the victim."
This tragic incident occurred just a few weeks after another woman, Farida, was also killed by a python in South Sulawesi. Like Siriati, Farida was on her way to the market when she was attacked and swallowed whole by a 20ft python. The python population in Indonesia has been on the rise, with the lush jungle providing them with an abundant food supply. The limited urban development in the country has also contributed to their unrestricted growth. These factors have led to pythons reaching sizes capable of killing and consuming humans, posing a threat to the local communities.
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