Ayodele Olalere
A man has escaped death after being bitten on the testicles by a python while on a toilet seat in his house in Thailand.
Thanat Thangtewanon was attacked by the 12ft reptile hiding in the U-bend of his home toilet on Tuesday, August 20, splashing blood on the floor in the toilet.
According to Thanat, he felt a sharp pain tear through his testicles after sitting.
“I felt something biting my balls. It was very painful, so I put my hands in the toilet to see what was wrong. I was shocked that I grabbed a snake. I quickly stood up and plucked it out. I felt pain, really bad pain, and there was blood everywhere, but I was more shocked to have found a python in the toilet.”
Thanat said he grabbed the toilet brush and started hitting the snake’s head until it died after which he immediately went to the hospital to get a tetanus vaccine.
He said doctors told him he would not need stitches as the wound was not deep enough to sever the skin and it would heal in a couple of weeks.
“My testicles are safe now. I’m lucky it wasn’t a venomous snake. A cobra would have killed me but I haven’t used that toilet again since. Every time I go, I check what’s inside and put a brush in there to make sure.”
