Man Brutally Wrestles 23-Foot Python And WINS!

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Robert Nababan was driving on a moped in Riau Province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra when he came upon the snake blocking traffic as it tried to edge across a road, according to local media.

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Police say the 37-year-old tried to catch the giant python and stuff it in a gunny sack. But the huge serpent fought back and bit him on his left arm, nearly severing it from his body.

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Local reports said there was a desperate struggle before villagers rushed to his aid, hitting the snake with a log and saving his life.

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But miraculously Mr. Nababn managed to win the combat and killed the snake.

Speaking from his hospital bed he said: “I tried to catch it. It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while.”

He suffered deep lacerations to his left arm and hand.

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Local police chief Sutarja told AFP that another security guard and several locals helped Nababan fight off the reptile and one of them hit it with a log.

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The snake was eventually killed by villagers and its body displayed by hanging it from a clothesline.

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The snake was likely a reticulated python, the world’s longest reptile measuring up to 23 feet and capable of eating fully grown pigs, and occasionally, humans.

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Nababan was then rushed to a hospital in a neighboring town for treatment.

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Hungry locals killed the snake and displayed its body in the village before dicing it up, frying it and feasting on it.

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In March, a 25-year-old Indonesian farmer has been discovered inside the belly of a giant python after the swollen snake was caught near where the man vanished while harvesting his crops on the eastern island of Sulawesi.

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Giant pythons, which regularly top 20 feet in length, are commonly found in Indonesia and the Philippines.