3m king cobra continuously attacks snake catcher's house

May 22, 2012 10:28

After Mr. Linh caught a king cobra and sold it for 3 million, for the next 3 days, many other larger king cobras attacked. Mr. Linh's family and the whole village were shocked...

Earning millions from king cobra...

At around 6pm on April 17, when the whole family of Mr. Pham Van Linh (55 years old) in Xa Rau village, Ba Nam commune was at home, they suddenly saw a large king cobra crawling straight into the house. Mr. Linh's sons, Pham Van Luong and Pham Van Map, used a stick to catch the 2.5kg snake and sold it to a trader for 3 million VND. Thinking they had gotten lucky, Mr. Linh's brothers and sons soon earned a decent amount of money. However, just 3 days later, another king cobra, as big as the first one, attacked the house.

Seeing that it was easy to make money, Mr. Linh's two brothers used a stick to catch a second snake. Hearing that Mr. Linh's son had caught a snake, many traders came to compete to buy and place orders. If there was any, just call and they will come right away...

The snake egg shell left after Mr. Linh ate it.

Just 2 days later, the third king cobra continued to attack Mr. Linh's house, but this time Mr. Linh's brothers did not dare to catch it because the snake was too big, nearly 3m long, and acted very aggressively, its neck raised high, its gills bulging out to be larger than 2 hand spans, brazenly rushing into the house. Too scared, Mr. Linh called for help, the young people in the village used rocks and sticks to chase the snake away.

Mr. Linh said that after catching two king cobras, his family discovered a nest of 48 cobra eggs under a bamboo bush about 50 meters from his house. He took them all home for his children and grandchildren to eat. He also said that until now, not only he but his whole family was terrified. "The cobra rushed into the house for the third time, it was like it was out for revenge, it was terrible. For several days after that, the whole family did not dare to leave the house."

Nearly a week later, the giant king cobra attacked the family next door to Mr. Linh's house. Everyone chased it away together...

Just a week ago, while cooking, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lien - the owner of a grocery store in Xa Rau village, saw the wooden wall suddenly shake. Not knowing what was going on, she called Mr. Quynh (her husband) to come out and see what was going on. Suddenly, she saw a large, long king cobra raising its neck and puffing out its gills. They immediately ran away. After that, the snake ran away. Ms. Lien said: "I don't know if the snake could smell it because before that, Mr. Linh's brothers and sisters brought the two snakes they caught to weigh to sell, so now it's following them..."

Mr. Linh's family's snake offering.

... The whole village was terrified!

Seeing something ominous and afraid, Mr. Linh's family set up an altar to worship three times to ward off bad things. On the first day, Mr. Linh's family offered two white chickens, on the second day he offered a dog, on the third day he offered two pigs and one black chicken. According to Mr. Linh, slaughtering livestock for the offering was to make amends for the bodies of the two snakes that his family had caught. Mr. Linh's altar was made of three main bamboo sticks, on each end of the three bamboo sticks was a bamboo tree split into small pieces like flowers... During the three days of worship, the whole family had to guard the altar so that no livestock or people could knock it over. If the altar fell, bad things would continue to happen. The altar was also not abandoned afterwards, just let the tree rot and fall.

The only wish of the villagers of Reu village, Ba Nam commune is that snakes do not enter their houses and scare them.

However, in some aspects of human life, every animal has its own "kindred spirit". If it lacks a relative, it will inevitably have to look for one. And that also means that people should not exterminate these rare and precious animals. If you want peace, let them be.


According to ANTĐ - VP

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