Shortly past midnight last Saturday (14 Sept), an 11-year-old boy from South Sulawesi, Indonesia caught a seven-metre-long python.
Hakim, also known as Kimono, was heading home from fishing in the river with his friends when they encountered the giant snake in a rice field by the road.
Impressively, the boy somehow managed to ensnare the python by its head, reported detikSulsel.
Hakim caught the snake to prevent it from attacking the community’s livestock, his friend Fikran Misran told detikSulsel.
Although it had not yet eaten any animals, it was dangerously close to the area where lickstocks were kept.
The friends used a rope meant for tying cows, which they found in a community hut, to capture the snake.
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According to Fikran, The capture took less than an hour despite the python resisting.
Once the python was secured, the group threw it in a forest, far from residents’ settlements.
Unsure if the python had died, Fikran went to the forest the next morning to check on the snake, which was confirmed dead.
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Featured image adapted from detikSulsel.
On a few days, the thundery showers might extend into the night.
His church has urged parishioners to refrain from visiting him as he heals.
The kitten will be put up for adoption after its injuries are cured.
The toasts were barely a few centimetres thick.
The boy was trapped inside the lift for over half an hour before being rescued.
The man is known to be a frequent troublemaker.