Battle of Man and Python on the Prairie
Mel and his people live together on the sparsely populated Adamawa prairie at the junction of Cameroon and Nigeria. For the sparsely populated Gebayas, the only thing that makes them famous overseas is their mysterious and dangerous "capturing giant pythons".
However, due to the gradual invasion of modern civilization, young people in the clan yearn for life in metropolitan areas and were unwilling to risk their lives to catch giant pythons. So, Mel became the last generation of python hunters in the clan, and his son Mali found a job in Yaoundian, the capital of Cameroon.
In early April 2005, Marley returned to the village with two white men and women. Marley introduced to Muel, who were reporters of a New York newspaper, Lola and Kelson, who wanted to film the process of the Gerbayas python hunting. But soon, they were rejected by Muel.
Although Rolla and Kelson tempted at a high price, Melle just disagreed with python hunting, so Rolla had to discuss with Kelson quickly and leave the village the next day to find other indigenous people who were willing to catch pythons.
In the evening, a faint mist rose on the Adamawa prairie, filled with wild beauty under the beautiful rays of light. Rola admired this wonderful landscape that could not be seen in the city, and unknowingly entered the bushes far away from the village. Rola sat on a wooden pier among the bushes, a thick wooden pier stained with weeds and moss.
Marley saw Rola in the distance at the entrance of the village and signaled her to return to dinner. Rola waved to him, and at this moment, the ground suddenly trembled. Rola was frightened and found that her feet were far away from the ground. What was even more terrifying was that the wooden pier she was sitting on moved. Rola screamed and pressed the wooden pier, but she felt unusually slippery in her hands. She slid down from the wooden pier as if she was entering. Looking back, the pier quickly twisted and deformed and turned into a giant python. The giant python stared at the person who dared to sit on its body with its gloomy yellow-green eyes.
The python's body is estimated to be more than 30 feet, and it can swallow her in one bite at any time just under 3 feet in front of Rora.
Marley heard Rolla's scream and felt something was wrong. So he quickly ran towards Rolla, and was also shocked when he saw the confrontation of Rolla and the giant python. Although Marley had never learned to catch pythons, he was influenced by the work his father had done in the past and knew that pythons would not actively attack humans unless humans invaded its territory or angered it because of some action.
Marley stopped less than two meters away from Rolla and the giant python. He said to Rolla softly, "Don't move around, stand there." But fear had already grasped Rolla's heart firmly. She screamed and turned around and ran away despite Marley's advice.
The giant python seemed to be stimulated by Rola's screams and her crazy actions. It shook violently, and actually stood up. The snake core also spit out, making a slight hissing sound.
Had it! Marley felt that the giant python was about to attack, so he picked up a sharp thorn beside him and threw it at the giant python.
Rora ran to the village desperately, and Marley's shout of fear came from behind her. When she ran into the safety zone with all her strength and saw Muel and Kelson coming out of the sound, she trembled and shouted, "The giant python is outside Marley..." Before she could finish her words, she fainted in Kelson's arms.
When Rola woke up, he found himself lying in the room. Kelson had been guarding Rola. He said to Rola with a low voice, "Malley is dead." When Muel and the villagers arrived at the scene, Marley had already fallen to the ground. His bones were broken, and although he died of suffocation, the huge pain he suffered before his death could be seen from his twisted and ferocious face.
Avenge your son.
Sacrifice yourself into the cave and kill the murderer.
After burying Marley, Mel decided to kill the giant python to avenge his son. After hearing the news, Rolla and Kelson asked to stay and film the python hunting process.
Mel did not refuse.
This is the peak period for python breeding.
It will lurk in the cave to reproduce offspring. Mel is based on experience.
Soon, the python cave closest to the place where Mali was killed was found. The entrance of the cave was shiny.
It shows that there have been pythons recently. Based on Mel's experience, it is judged.
It should be this giant python that killed his son.
Mel stared at the black hole.
Draw a 20-meter diameter range centered on the cave and ignite the bushes with the torch in his hand. Because it was dry season, the dry irrigation quickly burned. Mel took off his shirt, while his partners Tulanka and Boca tied a large piece of cowhide that had been prepared to tie Mel's left arm and completely wrapped it.
Rolla and Kelson stood silently.
Use a camera to capture every move of these two python-catching people.
The flames quickly swallowed the shrubs near the entrance of the cave. The residual heat of the fire remained in the charred wood ash on the ground. Boca expanded the entrance of the cave, enough for one person to enter and exit.
Mel began to act. Boka handed him a few branches of burning oil grass.
This grass is rich in oil and can burn for a long time after ignition.
In addition, it does not take up any space, so it is most suitable for use in underground caves. Mel was naked, tied with cowhide in his left arm, pinching oil grass with his right hand, and starting to crawl into the hole with barefoot barefoot.
The air in the cave is dirty.
It exudes the fishy smell of anteaters and pythons.
Disgusting. Although Muel has become accustomed to this terrifying environment, he still sweats while crawling with great energy.
The fire of the oil grass illuminated the front.
The sudden opening of the cave shows that Mel has reached the deepest part of the cave. A giant python is entrenched at the end of the cave, and in its silly body are dozens of white snake eggs. This is a female python, hiding in the cave, protecting its descendants steadily.
Mel felt something was wrong.
Judging from this, this female python has definitely not just laid snake eggs recently.
During the breeding period, it will always guard its offspring, and it is unlikely that the giant python that just attacked Rora and killed Marley outside the village.
But the situation in front of me could no longer be considered. The female python felt the invasion of Mel. It raised its head, sucked the snake core, and made a threatening hissing at Mel. Mel quickly handed the oil grass to the female python.
The female python became at a loss in such a strong fire, so it lowered its head like a gentle pet. Mel put the oil grass on the ground and grabbed the back of the female python's head with his right hand. Because the fire no longer hit the female python's eyes directly, and with the touch of human hands, the female python came to her senses and opened its huge mouth and bite it at Mel. Mel was calm and blocked her left arm in front. The female python bit the cowhide on his left arm with force.
The female python finally took the bait!
Mel pinched the back of the female python with one hand.
He pulled the female python's body with one hand and began to retreat. The female python could not resist in this narrow hole.
So he could only obediently be dragged towards the entrance of the cave little by little under the leadership of Mel.
finally.
Mel's feet emerged from the hole, Boca grabbed it tightly and began to gently drag it out.
Mel came out, and the female python came out. Its head was exposed to the hole.
See the sunshine.
It woke up. It struggled to retreat to the hole under Mel's hands. But Mel's powerful hands grabbed tighter, and the walls were smooth.
The female python has nowhere to borrow power.
He had no choice but to pull out of the cave.
The moment the female python left the hole.
Tulanka used the tree power to cover the female python's head.
Boka quickly pushed a piece of wood in front of Mel, blocking the tail that the giant python used to attack. It angrily regarded the wood as Mel, squeezing hard, trying to squeeze it.
After struggling for a long time, the female python finally exhausted.
I gradually relaxed my body, and finally fell down, and no longer responded to people's provocation.
The male python was angry and attacked the village overnight.
The female python is dead.
Lola and Kelson, who were filming on the side, were already shocked by this thrilling scene. They saw the sad Muel fall to the ground exhausted after the female python died.
That night, the village seemed to celebrate the festival.
A bonfire was lit in the square in the village. People sang and danced.
Celebrating Mel's revenge for his son.
The Gebayas sang native songs.
In a large bowl, serve the harsh sacrifice made of a local unknown wild fruit.
Eating delicious python meat. Rolla and Kelsen were also infected by this warm atmosphere and couldn't help but drink a lot of strong liquor.
Like many villagers, I fell into the open air.
The night is getting deeper.
The sky was shining with dazzling stars like diamonds.
The roar of wild beasts came from afar on the Adamawa prairie. Everything became so peaceful, just like every night on the prairie. The excitement of killing giant pythons lost their vigilance. That kind of death-like silence.
Deeply soaked in undeserved atmosphere.
A terrifying sound of something rubbing against the ground approaching the village from the bushes. The stars became brighter and brighter.
The grassland is getting quieter.
So the strange sound became even more weird in the brilliance and silence.
The next morning, the hangover villagers woke up.
Although the remaining charcoal in the fire was still dark red, it could no longer hide the desolation of the large piece of hair colored ashes.
People were surprised to find that Mel was missing! The last villager who remembered where he was discovered traces of someone struggling on the ground where Mel had been, and Mel's knife fell there.
The messy traces on the ground, and a long trace that stretched from outside the village to here, proved that a giant python crawled into the village from the wild and dragged Mel away.
People can guess that the giant python that killed Marley was actually a male python, the companion of the female python that was killed. Mel killed the innocent female python, so the male python sneaked into the village at night.
And based on the smell left in the cave, he found Muel and dragged him away. It might devour Muel in some corner of the wilderness.
Revenge for its companion.
Frightened by the fright, Rora and Kelson decided to leave here immediately. While they left, the Gebayas had begun a new revenge operation, and the revengeful male python left indelible traces on the ground.
Before the traces disappeared, they found the damn beast to avenge the Mel and his son...
Chapter completed!