An Indonesian man was on patrol at an oil palm plantation in the remote Batang Gansal district of Sumatra island when he came across the near five-meter python. When the 37 year old, who reportedly has experience of catching snakes, attempted to lift the creature into a cloth sack, the snake struck, biting him with a force that very nearly severed his arm. The report is that the villagers strung up the beast before dicing, frying and eating its meat. (source: RT.com)
Pictures posted to social media by Risdawaty Nababan, whose relationship to the victim is not yet known, demonstrate the sheer size of the python.
