John Tege, a 43-year-old brave farmer at Assin Sowodadiem in the Assin North district of the Central region, has brazenly overpowered an 18-foot-long python in a fierce battle.
According to the farmer, he was returning from the farm with his dog when he heard the animal whining behind him.
After turning around, he said he saw the cold-eyed reptile constricted itself around the dog attempting to swallow it. He tells Rich FM’s Adwoa Kwanimaa this was when they had reached a riverside in the middle of the journey to the house.
According to him, watching the struggle of the poor dog in the coils of the python for a while, and in an attempt to save the dog, he gathered momentum to face it off by using the cutlass to hit it.
He said the animal became sore and started giving him a hot chase but after giving it a gap, he mapped up a different approach to tackle it again with the cutlass. He was then able to defeat it by inflicting cutlass wounds on it to ensure it was finally dead.
After the triumphant display, the residents were thrown into a state of shock when he removed it from the sack and uncoiled it after he sent it home.
He revealed he would sell it for Gh¢600.00 to traditional medicine practitioners since the snake possesses fat that can be used to treat swellings, boils, and toothache and is also helpful in clearing stretch marks and scars, he disclosed.
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