A woman named Farida, 45, was swallowed whole by a 16-foot reticulated python in Indonesia on June 6, 2024.
Reticulated pythons can reach over 6.25 meters in length and fully digesting a meal of this size may take several weeks.
This is the fifth recorded instance of humans being eaten by pythons in Indonesia since 2017.
A woman named Farida, 45, from the village of Kalempang in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province went missing on June 6, 2024. Her husband Noni launched a search party when she failed to return home that evening. The next day, a python measuring over 16 feet long was discovered with a large bulge in its stomach near Farida's abandoned belongings. The villagers killed the snake and found Farida's body fully clothed and covered in slime inside its stomach. Her husband and the search party used a machete to slice open the snake and remove her.
Reticulated pythons, which are native to Southeast Asia, can reach over 6.25 meters in length. They are known to climb trees by wrapping their bodies around trunks using muscular force. Fully digesting a meal of this size may take a reticulated python several weeks.
Farida's tragic death marks the fifth recorded instance of humans being eaten by pythons in Indonesia since 2017. The last documented case was that of Jahrah, 54, who disappeared while collecting rubber from a plantation in Jambi province and was found inside a giant python two days later on October 23, 2022.
Pythons are not typically aggressive towards humans unless provoked or threatened. However, they can deliver a painful bite with their sharp teeth and powerful jaws. In the event of an encounter with a python, it is recommended to avoid direct contact and maintain a safe distance.
Farida, a mother-of-four from the village of Kalempang in Indonesia, went missing on June 6, 2024 while walking through woodland to sell food at a local market.
A giant python measuring over 20ft long was found with a large bulge in its stomach the next day.
Farida’s body was discovered inside the snake’s stomach fully clothed and covered in slime. Her husband Noni and locals used a machete to slice open the snake and remove her.
The reticulated python, which is the longest snake in the world, can reach over 6.25 metres in length.
Reticulated pythons live primarily in southeast Asia and are known to climb trees by wrapping their bodies around trunks using muscular force.
Fully digesting a meal of this size may take a reticulated python several weeks.
The last three documented cases of humans being eaten by pythons occurred in Indonesia, the most recent being Farida’s case in 2024 and Jahrah’s case in 2022.
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Locals sliced the beast open with a machete and pulled her out fully clothed
Mother-of-four Farida, 50, disappeared while she was walking through woodland to sell food at a local market near her home in the village of Kalempang, Indonesia, on June 6.
Several other villages then helped him to catch the python. The body of his wife was found in the stomach of a snake.
This is the horrifying moment a missing woman was found eaten alive by a giant python
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The horrifying moment a missing woman was found eaten alive by a giant python
mother-of-four Farida, 50, was found eaten alive by a giant python
Farida, a mum-of-four from Indonesia, was found eaten alive by a 20ft long python on Thursday
Farida's body was removed from the snake’s stomach and taken for religious burial
Her husband Noni launched a search party after she didn’t return home that evening
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Farida was found eaten alive by a 20ft long python
The python was discovered with a large bulge in its stomach during the search for Farida
Farida disappeared while walking to her local market in Kalempang, Indonesia
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Mum-of-four Farida, who’s surname hasn’t been made public, disappeared while walking to her local market in Kalempang, Indonesia, on Thursday. Her husband Noni raised the alarm when she didn’t return home that evening, launching a search party alongside other locals. The party found a 20ft long python in the undergrowth on Friday with a huge bulge in its stomach and fearing the worst, they cut through the reptile’s stomach with a machete. Farida was found in the snake’s gut.
Farida was suffocated before being swallowed by the reptile (Picture: Viral Press)
Her body was cut out of the snake’s belly (Picture: Viral Press)
The python was found with a huge stomach (Picture: Viral Press)
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The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the python as 'giant' and 'huge' multiple times. This is an attempt to elicit an emotional response from the reader and is not based on fact. The author also reports statements made by others without explicitly stating whether they are paraphrasing or quoting directly, which could potentially lead to misunderstandings or misrepresentations.
]The python was found with a huge stomach[
Farida was suffocated before being swallowed by the reptile
Several other villages then helped him to catch the python. The body of his wife was found in the stomach of a snake.
A 5-meter (16-foot) python killed a 45-year-old woman in central Indonesia on Thursday.
The woman, from Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province, had told her husband she was going to sell chilies but failed to return.
Her abandoned belongings made her husband suspicious and villagers searched the area. They discovered a python with a large belly near the belongings and killed it. The woman’s head was found inside the snake.
Such incidents are rare in Indonesia but have resulted in several deaths in recent years. In 2018, a 54-year-old woman was found dead inside a 7-meter python, and a farmer was eaten alive by a 4-meter python in West Sulawesi the previous year.
An 8-meter python was killed after it strangled and ate one of the farmers in Southeast Sulawesi’s Tinanggea district in 2019.
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Her abandoned belongings made her husband suspicious and villagers searched the area.
They discovered a python with a large belly near the belongings and killed it. The woman’s head was found inside the snake.
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]A woman was killed by a 5-meter (16-foot) python in central Indonesia[
Last year, an 8-meter python was killed by residents in Southeast Sulawesi’s Tinanggea district after it was found strangling and eating one of the farmers in a village.
A farmer in West Sulawesi went missing a year earlier. He was found having been eaten alive by a 4-meter python at a palm oil plantation.
