Initially mistaking the creature for a monitor lizard, she quickly realized the danger when it bit her. “I looked down and it was coiling around my leg,” Arunroj recounted. Fearing for her life, she screamed until a passerby heard her cries.
After struggling for over two hours, a neighbor alerted the authorities. When help arrived, Arunroj had been battling the python for four hours. Bodycam footage showed her sitting helplessly as the snake constricted her. Rescue workers took over 30 minutes to free her, using various tools to pry the snake off.
Local Crime Prevention Unit commander Anusorn Wongmalee described the scene, noting the python weighed over 45 pounds. Arunroj was rushed to the hospital for severe leg wounds and numbness in her arms but is expected to recover.
Reticulated pythons, native to Southeast Asia, are among the longest snakes in the world. Although attacks on humans are rare, they can occur when the snakes target larger prey. After her rescue, the python was released into a nearby forest, highlighting the need for coexistence with these creatures while taking precautions to avoid encounters.
This incident follows other recent python attacks in the region, including a fatal encounter in Indonesia where a 57-year-old woman was killed by a 16-foot python.
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