Saturday, March 29, 2025
A shocking incident has come to light from Indonesia where a 36-year-old woman was swallowed alive by a giant python. This is the second such case in recent times. According to local police, the woman had stepped out to buy medicine for her sick child and never returned. When her husband went looking for her, he discovered her sandals and pants about 500 meters from their home. Nearby, he noticed an abnormally swollen python—an alarming sign that led to the grim discovery.
The horrifying event took place in South Sulawesi province of Indonesia.
Local police chief Idul stated that the woman, identified as Siryati, had left her home on Tuesday morning to get medication for her ailing child. When she did not return for several hours, her family began searching for her. Her husband, Adiansa, found her slippers and pants lying on the ground not far from their house. Just a short distance from there, he spotted a giant python with a heavily bloated stomach. Realizing something was terribly wrong, he alerted the villagers.
The villagers killed the python and cut open its stomach, where they found Siryati’s body intact. The snake was still alive at the time it was cut open, according to police.
The village secretary, Iyang, told reporters that the python’s swollen belly was so large and unnatural that it immediately raised suspicions among the locals. The villagers wasted no time in acting once the snake was located.
Such incidents are rare but not unheard of in Indonesia.
Last month, another woman in South Sulawesi was swallowed by a reticulated python.
In 2023, a farmer was swallowed by an 8-meter-long python.
In 2022, a woman in Jambi province suffered the same fate.
In 2018, a 54-year-old woman’s body was recovered from a 7-meter python.
In 2017, a farmer named Akbar was swallowed by a 4-meter python.
The reticulated python is the world’s longest snake and is commonly found in Southeast Asia. It can grow over 20 feet in length and, under rare circumstances, is capable of swallowing humans. According to London’s Natural History Museum, the longest reticulated python ever recorded was found in 1912 and measured about 33 feet, taller than a giraffe.
