Body Cam Footage Shows a Python Attacking a Thai Woman

Body cam footage from Thai police shows a woman being attacked by a python. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.

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00:00This police body cam footage shows a woman in Thailand being attacked by a python.

00:04The woman's name is Aram Arunraj.

00:07While I was washing the dishes, I was also scooping water.

00:10As soon as I sat down, the snake bit me.

00:13At first, I thought it was a cockroach, but then I saw it was a snake.

00:17And it started constricting me tightly.

00:19I fought with it for quite a while, since around half past eight.

00:23She struggled with the snake for two hours until neighbors heard her cries for help and called the police.

00:28This is Anusorn Wongmali.

00:30We kicked the door open and we saw the elderly woman being constricted by the snake on the floor.

00:35It must have been for quite some time because her body had already started to turn pale.

00:39According to CBS News, police and animal control officers managed to free Aram

00:43by hitting the snake in the head with a crowbar.

00:45However, the python escaped before they could capture it.

00:48Thailand's Department of Disease Control reported 26 deaths by snake bite in 2023.