A man was swallowed whole by a python in an Indonesian village

A man was swallowed whole by a python in the Indonesian village of Majapahit. This was reported by the Antara news agency.

"The body of a 63-year-old farmer, <...> who was considered missing, was found in the belly of an eight—meter python," the agency said in a publication.

The deceased man was considered missing after he did not return home from the plantation. Later, local residents found him after seeing a large snake near the plantation.

It is noted that after the autopsy of the python, the body of a man was found by local residents. According to the agency, this was the first time a local resident in the area had been swallowed by a python.

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