A woman who was reported missing in Indonesia was found in a pythonβs stomach, according to officials.
The 54-year-old left to work on a rubber plantation near Jambi, on the northeast coast of Sumatra, early Sunday, Oct. 23, according to local police, KalingaTV reported. She never returned home.
By Sunday evening, the womanβs husband went looking for her, police said, according to CNN Indonesia. As he searched the plantation, he located her sandals, a knife, a headscarf and a jacket.
After an unsuccessful search on Sunday, villagers continued searching on Monday. Thatβs when they stumbled upon a 22-foot python with a bloated stomach, according to KalingaTV.
An enormous 23-foot pregnant python was caught and killed by farmers in a jungle in Indonesia, fearing it would prey on humans in the nearby village. The giant reptile was discovered by a local as it was resting in the undergrowth near Latompe Village in West Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi on September 21. Because of the beast's sheer size, the farmer had to return to the community to call for backup.
βThe victim was found in the snakeβs stomach,β Betara Jambi police chief AKP S Harefa told local media outlets, according to BBC. The womanβs body was intact when it was retrieved.
Pythons are constrictors, so they suffocate their prey before eating them, according to the San Diego Zoo. The snake grabs its prey with its teeth before coiling around it and squeezing until the prey can no longer breathe. The python then swallows its prey whole, usually head first.
Depending on their size, pythons typically eat small animals such as rodents, birds, lizards or small mammals like such as monkeys and pigs.
A villager told KalingaTV that he estimates it took the python about two hours to suffocate and swallow the woman.
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