Hello, everyone.
I welcome you all to my blog. An amazing event took place in my neighborhood during the early hours of today. I was still a little bit sleepy when I started hearing noises and footsteps of people running to the scene. While in bed, I could hear a woman screaming on top of her voice, calling out for help.
I did not want to miss out. I immediately joined the crowd and ran to where the voice was coming from. On reaching there, what my eyes saw left me in awe because I did not expect to see such a huge snake anywhere near our homes. The woman begins to narrate her story.
She said her goats started making noise at around 4 a.m. but she could go to the loafing shed because she was scared and her husband had a night shift at his work place. She had to wait until around 6 a.m., when neighbors were awake.
She sent her first son to check on the goats while she prepared breakfast for them. According to her, the next thing she saw was her son lying on the ground. He had fainted after seeing the mighty snake trying to swallow one of their goats. Immediately, she ran out and helped carry him to her doorstep while she called out for help.
The snake realized it was in danger and had to let go of the goat while it tried to make its way to the nearby bushes. Some men were at the scene with machetes but were scared to go anywhere near the snake. They kept following its track while they waited for the hunter from the nearby village to arrive.
About 15 minutes later, the hunter arrived. He arrived quite late because the snake had entered a dry tree nearby. Getting to the snake meant cutting down this tree. He came with his son, so they joined hands and made a little opening in the tree. From the opening, you can see the snake.
The hunter said he was going to take the shot from the opening they made. He asked that the environs be cleared out. The environs were cleared out just like he instructed. He shot his dane gun twice. He said the second shot was to make sure the snake was dead. waited for about 10 minutes before he brought it out.
Even though it was dead, I could not go anywhere near it. I just took pictures from a few meters away and headed home. The hunter was paid, then he gave the woman a little token for the damage caused by the snake. He took the dead snake with him, saying he was going to use it for medicine.
I am not a fan of snakes, so I am left to wonder if this particular one is a python or another specie. All images were taken by me.
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