Woman was attacked by a snake while washing dishes: the animal trapped her for hours

A 64-year-old woman was rescued by police after being attacked by a snake
python about 4 meters long and weighing 20 kilograms who began to strangle her with his body inside their home in southern Thailand, police sources reported on Monday.

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The victim, identified as Arom Arunrot was washing dishes when he noticed something biting his leg and discovered that it was a python.who was strangling her with his body for about two hours.

The incident occurred on the night of Tuesday, September 17, 2024 in the Samud Chedi district of Samut Prakan province, located southeast of Bangkok, police sergeant Anusorn Wongmalee told EFE by telephone.

According to the video shared by the police, The woman can be seen sitting on the floor of a humble room with the python coiled around her waist, while officers tried to help her.

The woman, who works as a cleaner at a children’s hospital, She said she started calling her neighbors, but at first no one heard her. Finally, a neighbor heard her and called the police, who had to force open the door.

Officers found the woman, who had been living alone since her husband died in 2023, already very weak with pale hands and feet, raising fears for her health.

Arom, who later said she thought she was going to be swallowed by the python, She was taken to a hospital after two hours under the lethal embrace of the snakewhose bite is not poisonous, but can cause infections.

Snake emergencies are common in the region

The heavy monsoon rains between June and October in the country cause snakes to appear in shops, offices or in garages, kitchens, bathrooms or even in bedrooms. of many Thai households, both in rural and urban areas.

Thailand has some 230 species of snakes, of which around thirty are venomous, such as the king cobra, the Malayan krait and the Russell’s viper.

In Bangkok alone, the Fire Service receives between 150 and 200 calls a day during the rainy season related to snake sightings, of which between 5 and 10 percent are usually poisonous.

About 70 percent of the snakes captured by firefighters are pythons, which can grow up to 6 meters (20 feet) long and strangle victims with their bodies before swallowing them whole.

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