Man bites snake in epic struggle

Sankari · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:11

A Kenyan man bit a python who wrapped him in its coils and dragged him up a tree during a fierce three-hour struggle, police have told the BBC.

The serpent seized farm worker Ben Nyaumbe in the Malindi area of Kenya's Indian Ocean coast at the weekend.

Mr Nyaumbe bit the snake on the tip of the tail during the exhausting battle in the village of Sabaki.

Police rescued Mr Nyaumbe and captured the 13ft (4m) reptile, before taking it to a sanctuary, but it later escaped. :eek:

The victim told police he managed to reach his mobile phone from his pocket to raise the alarm when the python momentarily eased its grip after hauling him up a tree on Saturday evening.

Mr Nyaumbe used his shirt to smother the snake's head and prevent it from swallowing him.

His employer arrived with police and villagers, who tied the python with a rope and pulled them both down from the tree with a thud.

Beeb.

Cosimo · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:13

What a frightening experience. :eek:

bledd · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:14

bet he was a bit rattled after that!

icey_haj · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:15

Incredible. How the heck did it manage to get him up the tree?

willhub · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:16

Surely if the snake swallowed him whole then he could just rip himself out of the snake?

antijoke · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:16

Peter Katam
Police superintendent

"We are still seriously looking for the snake," said Supt Katam. "We want to arrest the snake because any one of us could fall a victim."

They want to arrest the snake? Only in Kenya.

aslco · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:17

icey_haj said:
Incredible. How the heck did it manage to get him up the tree?

They are absolutley HUGE

willhub said:
Surely if the snake swallowed him whole then he could just rip himself out of the snake?

It kills you by squeezing you so hard you cant breath, you then suffocate / die and it swollows you.

Hedge · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:17

icey_haj said:
Incredible. How the heck did it manage to get him up the tree?

I believe the snake used a winch and pulley system

J1234 · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:18

willhub said:
Surely if the snake swallowed him whole then he could just rip himself out of the snake?

Hahaha.

Hedge said:
I believe the snake used a winch and pulley system

Haha tea out of my nose and everything :/

Tummy · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:19

willhub said:
Surely if the snake swallowed him whole then he could just rip himself out of the snake?

icey_haj · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:19

Hedge said:
I believe the snake used a winch and pulley system

Raikiri · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:20

icey_haj said:
Incredible. How the heck did it manage to get him up the tree?

Airlift.

How do you think?

Sankari · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:25

icey_haj said:
Incredible. How the heck did it manage to get him up the tree?

VTEC just kicked in, yo!

aslco · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:28

Imagine if a python took on a python and swollowed one.....haha crazy

"YO dawg i heard you liked snakes so we put a snake in yo snake............"

icey_haj · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:31

Adsta · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:32

that is just insane.

Jebus glad we dont have big huge pulling men into tree snakes in the UK

GreenMint · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:33

icey_haj said:
Incredible. How the heck did it manage to get him up the tree?

lozzick said:
They are absolutley HUGE

Indeed

ScarySquirrel · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:34

I am sure there is a trouser snake joke in there somewhere.

D D Danneh · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:36

I have a 9ft boa. And a 6ft costa rican boa. And a royal python. And a king snake. And a hog nosed snake. And two carpet pythons. And two bearded dragons.

That snake was a tiddler. Burms can grow to 20ft+, he's lucky it wasn't an adult.

vcl_X1 · 15 Apr 2009 at 14:37

Is this for real?

I handled a 12 ft Reticulated python about 15 years ago, it was all muscle but I seriously doubt it could have hauled me up a tree as we both weighed about the same, now if it were much bigger than that and he was a skinny little runt then maybe.