Urban's 04: Python Traditional Cache

Urban's 4: Python

This Urban Legend follows a tale that there is a nest of Mutant African rock pythons breading in Durban. Apparently the snakes get bigger than normal, so big that they feed off people and large animals.

One of the stories goes on that a woman in Durban North was swallowed and killed by one of these pythons while working in her garden, there is even a picture of it that supposedly "leaked" from police files and circulating the internet. The story goes on that a vet had to cut the victim out of the serpent for burial. The picture supposedly shows a python captured after eating a woman in Durban North. However various websites reported that the viral social media message claiming "the snake swallowed a woman near Durban North, South Africa in early June 2013" is in fact untrue. According to the message, the incident was witnessed by a South African reporter named Linda Laina Nyatoro and it was this reporter who first sent out the photograph. However the very same picture has been circulating in other contexts since at least September 2012.”

One story, however, that actually does have some credibility is that of the 10 year old South African boy who was attacked, swallowed and eaten by a very large African Rock Python in 2002. There are multiple news reports that backs the incident. The basis of the story was there were several kids playing in a field just outside of Durban when one of them was attacked by a giant snake. The other kids climbed in a tree to hide while for 3 hours they watched as the 10 year old boy was devoured and eaten by the big snake. Once the snake finished eating the boy, it slithered away and the kids were able to escape and find help. Check out the You Tube Video about the story here. Check out one of the news reports here