Thai man attacked by snake that slithered up through his toilet

[Pete123]

BANGKOK –  A Thai man is recovering from a bloody encounter with a 10-foot python that slithered through the plumbing of his home and latched its jaws onto his (family friendly edit) portion of his body that normally doesn't get sunburned as he was using a squat toilet.

Attaporn Boonmakchuay was smiling as Thai television stations interviewed him in his hospital bed about the intimate intrusion, and doctors said he would recover. But photos of his blood-splattered bathroom in Chachoengsao province, east of Bangkok, were testimony to his ordeal.

The 38-year-old told Thai TV Channel 7 that he struggled to remove the snake for 30 minutes Wednesday before he managed to free himself with help from his wife and a neighbor. After his wife tied a rope around the snake, Attaporn pried open its jaws before passing out.

Emergency workers dismantled the Asian-style squat toilet, with the python still twined through it. The snake was taken away to be released back into the wild, according to an emergency responder cited by the newspaper Thai Rath.

Doctors said Attaporn, bloodied but unbowed, will recover.

"He has a really good attitude... even though his own wife and children were in shock. He's been smiling and giving interviews all day from his bed." hospital director Dr. Chutima Pincharoen said.

Edited May 27, 2016 by Pete123

[VERO1]

That would really bite!  I don't believe I would have let the python go though, made into boots yes, let it go, no. 

[deerslayer]

Man what a crappy situation...

[monkeylizard]

It was a plumber's snake.

[Wingshooter]

I bet that really chapped his a...

 

Stories like this really frighten me. What's next... sharks in the bath tub?   Good thing I take showers.

Edited May 28, 2016 by Wingshooter

[Chucktshoes]

Nope. Nope. Nope. 

[Pete123]

Just to clarify what got bitten, it wasn't his butt, it was his penis.  The pictures showed blood all over the bathroom.  So, the snake was clamped in place for 30 minutes.  He tried everything to get him off.  Finally, with is kids watching, his wife tied a rope around the snake and he was able to pry the jaws off said body part and immediately passed out.

 

[Wingshooter]

Battle of the snakes. I would have whacked that things head off immediately. The python's... with a knife 

[nightrunner]

8 hours ago, Chucktshoes said:

Nope. Nope. Nope. 

Yep, just one more reason I'm not leaving this country ever.

 

Also, F Australia and all their animal abominations, that might as well be another planet.

[Pete123]

I've been thinking about Wingshooter's comment, that he would have cut the head off the snake.  

I think most any guy in America would do that.  Keep in mind that you would have 30 minutes to think about how to handle the situation.

So, I'm thinking one of two things.  The man was stuck - most of the snake was in the pipes and he wasn't going anywhere.

So, either pythons are sacred in Thailand, kind of like cows are in India, or his wife didn't want anymore children and wouldn't bring him a knife.