We all know the risks associated with outdoor recreation. There are ticks and snakes and bears and mountain lions—and occasionally even a rabid animal. But what about your kitchen? Your pantry? Those are safe, right? Maybe not if you live in Thailand. A python trapped a 63-year-old woman in her home for two hours as it tried to suffocate her. She survived.
Inside Edition reports that the woman, Arom Arunroj, was washing dishes when she felt a pinch on her leg. It was a bite from a python, a large, non-venomous constrictor snake. Before Arunroj realized what was happening, the snake was wrapping around her torso, bringing her to the floor.
It’s likely the snake was a reticulated python, which, like other constrictor snakes, kills its prey through suffocation. AP reports this particular python was 13-16 feet long.
Wrapped up in the python’s deadly hug, Arunroj came to rest in what appeared to be a pantry. She cried for help, and eventually, about an hour and a half later, a neighbor heard her and called for help.
“I grabbed it by the head, but it wouldn’t release me,” Arunroj said. “It only tightened.”
New nightmare unlocked.
See body-cam footage showing the python that trapped a woman in Thailand here:
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We’re so glad this woman survived relatively unharmed. But we bet she won’t rest easy while doing the dishes for quite a while.
Can you imagine this happening to you?