Indonesian Man Comes Out On Top In Life-Or-Death Wrestling Match With 7-Meter Python

A 37-year-old man in Riau province, Indonesia not only survived his encounter with a 7-meter python but killed the snake as well.

Robert Nababan, a resident of the Indagiri Hulu regency of Riau, is currently receiving treatment in a hospital after claiming that he wrestled with the gigantic snake. He only suffered deep cuts on his left arm and fingers from the python’s bite, as well as exhaustion.

Photos: Man survives after wrestling with a 7-meter python

Speaking to reporters, Robert said that he was driving home on his motorcycle from his job as a security guard at a palm oil plantation near his village on Saturday evening.

He then came across two pedestrians who wanted to cross the road but stopped in their tracks when they saw the python lying in the middle of the road.

“I tried to catch it (the python). It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while,” Robert said, as quoted by Detik today.
Photos: Man survives after wrestling with a 7-meter python

Unfortunately, before Robert could go on with his story, his family kicked out the journalists who were reporting on the story from the hospital room so that Robert could get some rest.

The animal’s carcass is being kept as a trophy in Robert’s village, where its long body is tied between two trees for everyone, including children, to see.

Indonesian man Robert Nababan resting in a hospital bed after his encounter with a 7-meter long python. Photo: Istimewa

According to Robert, he was driving home on his motorcycle from his job as a security guard at a palm oil plantation near his village on Saturday evening. He then came across two pedestrians who wanted to cross the road but stopped in their tracks when they saw the python lying in the middle of the road.

“I tried to catch it (the python). It bit my arm, and we wrestled for a while,” Robert said, as quoted by Detik today.

Unfortunately, before Robert could go on with his story, his family kicked out the journalists who were reporting on the story from the hospital room so that Robert could get some rest.

While we don’t yet have the specifics of the fight between man and snake, the latter’s carcass is being kept as a trophy in Robert’s village, where its long body is tied between two trees for everyone, including children, to see (see photo above).

Considering the size of that snake, it’s incredible that Robert reportedly only suffered deep cuts on his left arm and fingers from the python’s bite, as well as exhaustion.