Warning: this article contains footage that some might find distressing.
A man looking for his missing wife in Indonesia was left horrified to come across a python with a 'large' lump in its belly.
On Tuesday morning (July 2), mom-of-five Siriati left home in Indonesia to visit her brother, with the intention of picking up medicine at a local market, when she came across a huge 30-foot python.
The husband of the 36-year-old, Adiansa, has shared how he first became concerned when her brother called to ask if Siriati had set off to meet him before their trip to the Luwu Regency, South Sulawesi.
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Adiansa explained that she had indeed already set off to meet him, so, worried that she hadn't arrived there yet, he began to walk the same route along the jungle trail.
It was there that he stumbled upon Siriati's slippers.
Horrifically, he then found the non-venomous reptile curled up beside the path in the undergrowth with 'a very large belly'.
Terrified by the discovery, Adiansa called on his local village to team together and slice the stomach of the beast open, having already beaten and slayed it with a wooden stake.
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When the cavalry arrived, they cut into the killer python and found a lifeless Siriati - who they recovered and took home before burying the next morning.
Following an investigation, Siteba Village secretary, Iyang, concluded that the reptile killed the mom at around 7.30am.
The 38-year-old said: "The victim wanted to go out to buy her child's medicine. Her youngest son is three years old. She was visiting her brother and had to go through the forest first.
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"Her brother waited for a long time, but the victim didn't come. That's why her brother called the victim's husband. The husband said that Suriati had been gone since early morning.
"So the husband went looking for his wife, he found her sandals on the road in the middle of the forest. He suspected that they had been eaten by a snake because there were snake tracks there."
He continued: "This snake more or less dragged the victim five meters from the location."
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According to Walenrang Police Chief, Adjunct Police Commissioner Idul, the young mom's body was found in one piece.
He said: "The condition of the body was intact but perhaps the bones had been crushed. The body is already at the funeral home for a religious ceremony."
Speaking about the marks on her leg, he added: "We think it was a snake bite. After being bitten, it immediately wrapped itself around the leg and finally paralysed the victim."
Topics: Nature, Animals, World News
Joe Yates