A family found their 66-year-old grandmother swallowed whole inside a python’s bulging stomach.
The distressing family of the grandma identified as Hasia tracked the snake down to a patch of dense vegetation in South Sulawesi, Indonesia yesterday afternoon.
People in the community feared for the worst when they saw the 26ft serpent weighed down by a large bulge in its stomach.
Opening up the snake, the missing woman who had vanished while walking home from her job at a rubber plantation.
The snake is believed to have pounced from the tall grass and clamped down on her leg, causing her to fall.
Hasia battled to escape from the predator’s grip, but was squeezed to death while being swallowed whole, it was reported locally.
Her son, Nurdin, said the worried family launched a search when night fell and the elderly villager still hadn’t returned.
They scoured the area before stumbling upon the snake at around 9pm.
They cut the reptile open, and found Hasia’s body in its stomach.
The family have recovered Hasia’s body to prepare for a funeral today, in accordance with Islamic beliefs.
