Missing mother found dead in body of giant python in Indonesia: reports

A missing mother of four in Indonesia was reportedly found dead after being swallowed by a python.

The victim, a 45-year-old woman named Farida, was found by her husband and residents of Kalempang village on Friday, June 7, according to Agence France-Presse.

The search began after the mother did not come home the night before, village chief Suardi Rosi told the news agency.

After her husband found her belongings, which made him “suspicious,” the village searched the area and eventually discovered “a python with a large belly,” the village chief added.

“They agreed to cut open the python’s stomach. When they did, Farida’s head was immediately visible,” Rosi told AFP, which reported that she was found fully clothed in the snake.

A video posted by TMZ apparently showed the snake being cut open.

According to CBS News, this is the fifth person to be eaten by a python in Indonesia since 2017. However, reports of people being killed by pythons are not common.

Speaking to PEOPLE in 2022 after a similar case made headlines around the world, one expert reiterated that such incidents are extremely rare.”

“There are cases of snakes eating people,” says Bruce Jayne, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Cincinnati, “but the vast majority” involved very large pythons and people of “rather small stature.”

“Pythons take a very long time to reach this enormous size,” he explained. “That’s why there are actually very few of these really, really big pythons.”

Although fatal attacks do occur, in most cases it is not something most people need to worry about. “Unless they are really huge, as an adult you don’t have to be very afraid of them,” he added.

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Accordingly The Daily PostFarida’s husband said he was “forever sorry” for letting his wife “go out alone.”

“I’m sorry for the pain she’s had to go through,” he said, according to the outlet. “I’m sorry for our family.”