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ANGOLA PRESS (Lusaka) 04 July 06 Python `god` swallows mouthpiece
Accra, Ghana: A python revered as a god in the Sapeliga community, near Bawku, in the northeastern corner of Ghana, has swallowed a 55-year-old fetish priestess assigned to be its mouthpiece, media reports said here Monday.
The priestess had been missing for three days and the inhabitants suspected the god had swallowed its mouthpiece, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported.
The people performed rituals and killed the snake, only to find the badly decomposed body of the fetish priestess when its belly was split open, the report quoted Sunday Ali, son of the deceased, as saying.
Ali said he visited his mother last Saturday on his way to Bawku and promised to bring her some items she had requested.
On his return Tuesday, he found the mother`s door ajar, which suggested she had not gone far, so he decided to wait for her but she did not show up after waiting for over two hours.
Ali and other neighbours combed the surroundings in vain before one of the elders of the oracle suggested that they consult the `god` to tell them Ali`s mother`s whereabouts.
According to Ali, as soon as the elder entered the python`s enclosure he realised that the `god` was bloated and called the attention of the others.
This aroused suspicion that the serpent might have swallowed Ali`s mother, and this proved true when the python was killed after performing some rituals and the belly opened.
Assemblywoman Madam Elizabeth Awini said she had made several pleas to the community that it was dangerous to keep the python but they did not heed her advice.
Python `god` swallows mouthpiece

"has swallowed a 55-year-old fetish priestess assigned to be its mouthpiece"

Sounds like she did her job, eh? lol
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Wow, very interesting. When I first saw the title I assumed Retic, I wasn't aware Pythons were worshipped in Africa too. I thought it was only the asian countries. May seem a bit morbid, but I wonder about the size of the victim. Seems like Afrocks can take in bigger things than even the larger species.

...a freind i had about ten years ago (back when i had 150 snakes instead of 7 like i do know lol)...this freind came to my house one day to ask me to come and check out his new "pet" that his dad had bought for him...said pet turned out to be a 13' extremely aggressive rock python...about 90 lbs of him too...(rich kids oui)...his dad also purchased two "highly trained" dobermans.well his family went to colorado to go skiing and they asked my father and i if we would look in on the snakes and make sure the dogs had water and food,of course we said we would...well,we went to check on them the day after they left ironically we were going to feed the snakes hehehe,we came into the house ahfter knocking to see ifthe dogs would come to the door...they didnt,in the houseand to the snake room (he kept it in a big extra room in his house)were the door was open...(see were this is going?)...and laying there on the floor was one extremely fat and happy python withnot a scratch on her....and no dogs...REMEMBER! RESPECT WHAT YOU KEEP!...