Man survives after wrestling and killing a 23foot Long Python (Photos)

A 37-year-old man in Riau province, Indonesia

not only survived his encounter with a 7-meter

python but killed the snake as well.

Robert Nababan, a resident of the Indagiri Hulu

regency of Riau, is currently receiving treatment

in a hospital after claiming that he wrestled with

the gigantic snake. He only suffered deep cuts

on his left arm and fingers from the python’s

bite, as well as exhaustion.

Speaking to reporters, Robert said that he was

driving home on his motorcycle from his job as

a security guard at a palm oil plantation near his

village on Saturday evening.

He then came across two pedestrians who

wanted to cross the road but stopped in their

tracks when they saw the python lying in the

middle of the road.

The snake’s giant body is shown in pictures

strung across Mr Nababan’s village like a

washing line. He is reported to have suffered

deep lacerations to his left arm and hand.

It was also reported that he was suffering from

exhaustion.

The unlucky snake may be a reticulated python

– the largest specimens of which can

sometimes reach seven metres (23 feet).

“I tried to catch it (the python). It bit my

arm, and we wrestled for a while,” Robert

said, as quoted by Detik today.

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