A Kenyan man bit a
python which wrapped
him in its coils and
dragged him up a tree
during a fierce three-
hour struggle, police have told the BBC. The serpent seized farm
worker Ben Nyaumbe in
the Malindi area of Kenya's
Indian Ocean coast at the
weekend. Mr Nyaumbe bit the snake
on the tip of the tail during
the exhausting battle in
the village of Sabaki. Police rescued Mr Nyaumbe
and captured the 13ft (4m)
reptile, before taking it to a
sanctuary, but it later
escaped. The victim told police he
managed to reach his
mobile phone from his
pocket to raise the alarm
when the python
momentarily eased its grip after hauling him up a tree
on Saturday evening. Mr Nyaumbe used his shirt
to smother the snake's
head and prevent it from
swallowing him. His employer arrived with
police and villagers, who
tied the python with a rope
and pulled them both
down from the tree with a
thud. Peter Katam,
superintendent of police in
Malindi district, told the BBC
News website: "Two
officers on patrol were
called and they found this man was struggling with a
snake on a tree. "The snake had coiled his
hands and was trying to
swallow him but he
struggled very hard. The
officers and villagers
managed to rescue him and he was freed. "He himself was injured on
the lower lip of the mouth -
it was bleeding a little bit -
as the tip of the snake's tail
was sharp when he said he
bit it." Mr Nyaumbe told the Daily
Nation newspaper how he
resorted to desperate
measures after the python,
which had apparently been
hunting livestock, encircled his upper body in its coils. "I stepped on a spongy
thing on the ground and
suddenly my leg was
entangled with the body of
a huge python," he said. "I had to bite it." 'Very mysterious' Supt Katam told the BBC
the officers had wanted to
shoot the snake but could
not do so for fearing of
injuring Mr Nyaumbe. "If it wasn't for the
villagers and officers who
helped him, he would have
been swallowed by the
snake over the Easter
holiday," said Supt Katam. He added: "It's very
mysterious, this ability to
lift the man onto the tree.
I've never heard of this
before." The police officer said they
took the snake to a
sanctuary in Malindi town
but it escaped overnight,
probably from a gap under
the door in the room where it was kept. "We are still seriously
looking for the snake,"
said Supt Katam. "We want
to arrest the snake
because any one of us
could fall a victim." Relate

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Lucky Chap

d man get mind o.i dey sure say i for don faint

Wen you push goat reach wall, e go vex come bite you.

I thought man is king of all a creatures on earth.

Blackteeth:

I thought man is king of all a creatures on earth.

Your point?

Blackteeth:

I thought man is king of all a creatures on earth.

Heh

Think again. If you are unfortunate enough to meet a bear in the forest, a cougar or a lion, they will rudely disabuse you of that notion.

Only thing that makes us "king" is weapons and technology.

@OP: Interesting article.

Man bites snake. Hehehehe!!

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Only thing that makes us "king" is weapons and technology.

@OP
[quote][/quote] hmmm, weapons, technology and 'corruption'

Braveman;could do for a gud real life hollywood thriller

At last the snake escaped

Biting the snake?
Smothering the mouth with cloth?
Making a phone call while being dragged up a tree?
Someone need to give this guy an award for bravery or something.

nawaoh that man get liver

he for lift em hand up and shoup 'jisos' lik d naija nurse.

@yamakuza

hehehehe. . .thats the part of the whole report that amazes me! Thot its only in 9ja olopa dey arrest animal,

Imanuelle:

he for lift em hand up and shoup 'jisos' lik d naija nurse.

you right. If it was one of those religionist u see around they did be shouting jesus already. Thing he will jumb from the tree and help them. Its so funny. It reminds me of a movie i watched som tym on dstv africa magic i tink. Where a lady has HIV aids and rather than taking medications she continues shouting and calling jesus, and the worst of all she got worsed as d the went. Didnt even bothet watchin part 2. Cuz i aint for such movies. Bloody set of religionist

ekt_bear:

Heh

Think again. If you are unfortunate enough to meet a bear in the forest, a cougar or a lion, they will rudely disabuse you of that notion.

Only thing that makes us "king" is weapons and technology.

@OP: Interesting article.

Make im go zoo, go enter lion cage and make his statement.

f

stop there, you are under arrest mr snake

how come this is making front page.

something that happen since april this year.

I beg

Doesnt matter when it happened. That will until he dies continue to tell his story

Thank God for the man's life.The snake could have swallowed him for Easter (especially his coconut head).

Mega snake in reality. Thank God he survived.

. . . . . . . talk about survival instincts !

brave man! . . . but that the snake escaped is ridiculous. why should it be captured instead of killed abi they wan eat the snake?

man bites snake, police arrest snake. Nairaland no kill me with laugh oh.

dat mumu snake no know who he jam he he he he