Residents in Pakro-Odumsisi near Nsawam in the Eastern Region are yet to come to terms with how a hunter single- handedly wrestled with and eventually killed two pythons over the weekend.
The hunter, 22-year-old Emmanuel Yemetey, was on his usual search for game with his younger brothers and their dog when he heard unusual barks from the dog who had taken the lead.
Sensing danger, he rushed to the scene only to find the dog barking at a huge python measuring about 10 feet long and 12 inches thick.
Gripped with fear, Yemetey struck the carnivorous reptile with his cutlass several times engaging it in a ‘fist to fist’- like battle as the snake fiercely fought back.
“I nearly fell because it moved with so much strength with its head towards me but I was able to target it and cut deep into its skin,” he told The Mirror in an interview.
His younger brothers who were scared to death, stood trembling as they watched him battle it out with the snake.
Just as the python fell dead on the ground, Yemetey, who was regaining his strength, realised he had been standing on a bigger python all that while.
But for the timely intervention of one of his brothers who screamed, he would have been bitten by the reptile that appeared to be revenging the death of its partner.
It took about 15 minutes of struggle before he eventually killed the second snake.
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