BORNEO BULLETIN (Brunei Darussalam) 21 October 04 Snake ‘reincarnation' may eat kids
Phnom Penh (DPA): A two-meter-long python welcomed into a Phnom Penh home because the family believes it is a reincarnation of their dead grandmother should be treated with extreme caution and cannot be trusted, police said Wednesday.
Sreah Chak Commune police chief Touch Sarin told DPA by telephone Wednesday that the snake, which apparently lives in the family's backyard pond, entered the home of Sok Panha earlier this week and wad immediately identified by two of the woman's daughters as the reincarnation of their recently deceased grandmother.
However, he said police had warned the family that the snake was not to be trusted and may not be satisfied with the offerings of bananas and vegetables given by the grateful family.
"I am worried about them. If they are careless, they can lose their children. The python might eat them," Touch Sarin said.
"I do not believe it is a reincarnation. In fact, I would not normally be interested in the case at all because I am busy with thieves and other criminals. But I will have to become involved if the snake kills someone, and I believe it could," he said.
Snake ‘reincarnation' may eat kids