A missing 25-year-old Indonesian man has been found in the most horrifying way possible. The missing man was swallowed whole by a giant python on the island of Sulawesi, New York Post reports.
A disturbing six-minute video was released of the Tribun Timur publication, which shows villagers cutting open the pythons belly to reveal the legs and torso of the victim, named Akbar.
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Junaedi, secretary of Salubiro village in West Sulawesi province, told the Associated Press that villagers began searching for Akbar Monday night after realizing he hadn’t returned from working on his palm oil crops the previous day.
Junaedi said Wednesday that the search party found scattered palm oil fruit, a picking tool and a boot, then spotted the engorged 23-foot reticulated python.
“When its stomach was cut, we first saw his boot and legs near the neck,” he said. “It seems he was attacked from behind because we found a wound on his back.”
Reticulated pythons grab onto their prey with dozens of sharp curved teeth and then squeeze it to death before swallowing it whole. They are widespread in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia.
Reports of humans being killed by pythons are extremely rare. In the wild, they are known to eat monkeys, pigs and other mammals.
Junaedi said Akbar’s absence wasn’t noticed until Monday because his wife was visiting her parents in another province. The alarm was raised when his uncle called on him and found his house locked.
Like many Indonesians, Junaedi uses one name, as did Akbar.
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[H/T New York Post]
