Woman trapped by python wrapped around her inside room in Thailand
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SAMUT PRAKAN - A 64-year-old woman was rescued on the night of Sept 17 after grappling with a reticulated python for over two hours inside her rented room in Pak Khlong Bang Pla Kot subdistrict of Samut Prakan’s Phra Samut Chedi district.
Samut Prakan is located in the south of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok.
Police officers from Phra Samut Chedi Police Station and rescuers from Poh Teck Tung Foundation rushed to the five-room rental property, breaking open the door to the fourth room to discover a python measuring more than 4m and weighing at least 20kg wrapped around the woman.
Staff used equipment but it still took longer than 30 minutes to free the woman. They provided first aid before sending her to a nearby hospital for treatment. The python escaped into the reeds behind the room.
The victim, Ms Arom, had been bitten on her right thigh and was exhausted. She told the press that she lived in her room alone since her husband died in November 2023.
She explained that she had been bitten by the python around 8.30pm while washing kitchen utensils behind her room.
She claimed that the snake then wrapped itself around her until she fell down, adding that she struggled for more than two hours to free herself.
Ms Arom further explained that she shouted for help until people nearby heard her and contacted the police and rescuers.
“I have never encountered an event like this in my life,” she added.
Police Sergeant Major Anuson Wongmalee, chief of Phra Samut Chedi Police Station’s prevention and suppression division, said staff had to break down the door after shouting and knocking without a response.
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