Samut Prakan —
On the evening of September 17th, 2024, Phra Samut Chedi police received an urgent call about an elderly woman trapped and being constricted by a giant python at a residence in Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan.
Phra Samut Chedi rescuers arrived at the single-story rental home to find the door locked from the inside. They forced entry to discover 64-year-old Ms. Arom being squeezed by a massive python measuring over 4 meters in length and weighing at least 20 kilograms, according to the police.
The rescuers used available tools to pry the python off her, a process that reportedly took over 30 minutes. The python managed to slither away into the nearby forest once freed. Arom, who was left with several bite wounds on her right thigh, was given first aid and urgently transported to a local hospital.
According to Arom, she told the police that she had been living alone since her husband’s death last November. She recounted that she felt a bite on her thigh while she was washing dishes behind her house, near a swampy area. Initially thinking it was a monitor lizard, she soon realized it was a python.
The python’s powerful grip forced her to the ground, and despite her attempts to remove it for nearly two hours. Luckily, her neighbor heard Arom’s faint crying for help until rescuers arrived. She had never encountered such a situation before and expressed her shock at the experience, said Arom.
