Man's wild encounter while sitting on toilet: 'So shocked'
After feeling a painful bite on his backside, the frantic homeowner looked down to see a sneaky snake staring back at him.
Back in the day when many Australian homes had outhouses, it was common wisdom to check under the toilet seat for spiders, or any other unwelcome intruders.
And it's advice this unlucky homeowner could've used.
Homeowner Witoon Sonapoon, 62, sat down on the bowl and was relieving himself in his bathroom at his Thailand home this week when a large python emerged from below and made itself known.
Witoon immediately stood up after feeling a sharp stab of pain on his backside, frantically scrambling on the tiled floor before turning to see the snake rearing its head from the U-bend.
"I was just sitting down and relaxing when the snake suddenly bit me. I was so shocked that I ran out of the bathroom," he said.
The retired driver said snake's bite was not particularly severe but added that he went to hospital to have his injury treated.
Volunteers detached the toilet in an attempt to fish out the python, but it had already retreated into the plumbing.
"I also saw a snake popping out of the toilet three times last month, but it didn't hurt anyone, so I left it there," Witoon said.
"I always see snake encounters being reported on the TV, but I never thought I would experience one myself. Other people should also be careful of snakes when using the toilet," he helpfully added.
The reticulated python is found throughout Southeast Asia, where they live in forests, swamps, canals and even in cities, causing them to come into common contact with humans.
They often enter the underground pipe network where they can travel for through the tubes and emerge in bathrooms. The species is one of the world's largest snakes and can eat humans, cats, dogs, birds, rats and other snakes.
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