Karkala: Little Brave Heart Fights Python, Wins

Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (SP)

Karkala, Oct 19: A boy on Tuesday October 18 showed presence of mind and bravery to rid himself of the vicelike grip of a python, near the town.

Sumant, a 9-year-old student of Pervaje government school and a resident of Kumbrapadavu on Tellar Road here, was on a visit to a thicket near his home along with his elder brother and a cousin, for grazing the buffalo on Tuesday morning. There was no one else at home, as the elders were busy with their daily chores. His father works in a hotel in Bangalore.

Unexpectedly, a python that was perhaps searching for food, coiled itself around the left leg of Sumant and began tightening its hold. Before he knew it, Sumant was on the ground. Sumant and the two boys with him raised an alarm, but it became futile as no one was in the vicinity. Sumant then fought with the python with his hands, and started kicking it with the help of his right leg. The python then released its grip and went away.

Sumant, who got treated at a hospital for minor injuries caused by the grip of the python and also as he had struggled on the ground to release himself, was told by the doctors that there was nothing to worry. Sumant, who was all smiles, looked as if nothing had happened.

Perhaps the fact that the family members had often sighted pythons in the area had given him the courage to fight it out without losing courage. Sumant feels that he had set his foot on the python, thinking it to be a piece of wood, as a result of which the python turned panicky and gripped his leg in an instant.