The big Python
This year, several reptile attacks have made the news in Indonesia,
with the scaly beasts claiming human victims during each gruesome
incident. However, one man in the Riau province seemingly beat all the
odds by not only surviving his encounter with a 7-meter python but
killing the snake as well.
Robert Nababan, a 37-year-old resident of the Indagiri Hulu regency
of Riau, is now resting in a hospital after claiming that he wrestled
with the gigantic snake. In his weak physical state, he briefly told
reporters the story of his battle with the beast.
The victim
According to Robert, 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.
“I tried to catch it (the python). It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while,” Robert said, as quoted by Detik today.
Unfortunately, before Robert could go on with his story, his family
kicked out the journalists who were reporting on the story from the
hospital room so that Robert could get some rest.
While we don’t yet have the specifics of the fight between man and
snake, the latter’s carcass is being kept as a trophy in Robert’s
village, where its long body is tied between two trees for everyone,
including children, to see (see photo above).
Considering the size of that snake, it’s incredible that Robert
reportedly only suffered deep cuts on his left arm and fingers from the
python’s bite, as well as exhaustion.
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