Death of Akbar Salubiro explained
Akbar Salubiro was a 25-year-old man who went missing on March 25, 2017,[1] after setting off for harvest in a remote village on the western part of the island Sulawesi, Indonesia. Akbar's remains were found two days later inside the body of a reticulated python.[2]
Disappearance and discovery of body
The morning after Salubiro was reported missing, a search party was sent out,[3] [4] and his family became worried and called the police.[5] Later that day, the snake that had eaten Salubiro slithered into Salubiro's backyard near an oil palm plantation. People saw that it had difficulty moving due to its large belly, an official stated. Residents then cut open the belly of the snake and found Salubiro dead inside. People said they heard cries from the palm grove the night before Salubiro was found eaten by the snake.[6]
Aftermath
The death of Akbar Salubiro was the first fully confirmed case of a reticulated python (or in fact any snake) killing and consuming an adult human,[7] as the process of retrieving the body from the python's stomach was documented by pictures and videos taken by witnesses.[8] [9] [10] [11]
Similar cases
On June 14, 2018, a 54-year-old woman named Wa Tiba, also of Sulawesi, was also eaten by a reticulated python that had slithered into her garden at her home.[12] [13] In 2022 another 54-year old missing Sumatran woman from Jambi named Jahrah[14] was found inside a python, making this the third fully documented swallowing of an adult human.[15] On 7 June 2024, the fourth confirmed case of full consumption appeared after a woman was found to have been devoured by a reticulated python.[16] 3 weeks later, in July 2024, another woman was discovered inside a python's stomach in South Sulawesi.[17]
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Notes and References
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- Web site: Photos: Akbar Salubiro Indonesian man eaten alive by python found. - Scallywag and Vagabond. Koulouris. Christopher. scallywagandvagabond.com. en-US. May 28, 2017.
- News: Missing man killed, swallowed whole by python. Associated Press. Toronto Sun. May 28, 2017.
- News: Ross . Eleanor . 29 March 2017 . Python Eats Man Whole in Indonesia . en-US . May 28, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170329194441/https://www.yahoo.com/news/python-eats-man-whole-indonesia-135048990.html . 29 March 2017.
- Web site: Indonesian Man Eaten By Python, Cut From Stomach (VIDEO) eCanadaNow. www.ecanadanow.com. en-US. May 28, 2017.
- News: Indonesian man's body found inside python - police. March 29, 2017. BBC News. May 28, 2017. en-GB.
- Web site: We've Degraded Snakes' Habitats So They've Found Something New to Eat: Us. Arp. Kelsey. August 6, 2019. Slate Magazine. en. October 2, 2019.
- News: Beginilah Ular Piton Menelan Akbar Petani Sawit Memuju Tengah . Tribun Timur . March 28, 2017 . Nurhadi . Indonesian . March 28, 2017.
- Web site: Missing man found dead in belly of 7m-long python in Indonesia: Report . March 29, 2017 . Straits Times . March 29, 2017.
- Web site: Indonesian man's body found inside python – police . March 29, 2017 . BBC . March 29, 2017.
- News: 23-Foot Python Eats Indonesian Man on the Island of Sulawesi. Inertia. The. The Inertia. May 28, 2017. en-US.
- News: 7-meter-long python swallows Indonesian woman. June 16, 2018. National Post. June 16, 2018. en-US.
- Web site: Geggel . Laura . How a Python Ate a Woman Whole and Left Hardly a Trace of the Fierce Attack . October 2, 2019 . livescience.com . June 19, 2018 . en.
- Web site: Alund . Natalie Neysa . Missing grandmother eaten alive by 22-foot-long python in Indonesia, officials say . 2023-12-05 . USA TODAY . en-US.
- Web site: Brown . Lee . 2022-10-25 . Missing grandma's body found inside monster python . 2023-04-15 . New York Post . en-US.
- Web site: 2024-06-08 . Missing mother found dead inside 16-foot-long python after it swallowed her whole in Indonesia - CBS News . 2024-07-03 . CBS News. en-US.
- News: 2024 . Woman found dead after she was swallowed whole by python in central Indonesia . The Straits Times . 3 July 2024.