23-foot python swallows Indonesian woman near her backyard landscape
Reporting from Australia — A 23-foot python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said this morning
The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her village on Muna island in Southeast Sulawesi province on Thursday evening, according to the village chief, Faris.
On Friday, her family went to look for her at the garden but found only her belongings, including sandals and a flashlight, said Faris, who uses a single name.
The family and villagers launched a search for the woman, and found the snake with a bloated belly about 50 yards from where her belongings were found.
“When they cut open the snake’s belly they found Tiba’s body still intact with all her clothes,” Faris said. “She was swallowed first from her head.”
Videos posted on some websites showed villagers slicing open the python’s carcass to reveal the woman’s body.
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Faris said the victim’s garden, about a half-mile from her house, is in a rocky area with caves and cliffs believed to contain many snakes.
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