For many, sitting on the toilet offers a brief respite from a busy workday, but this was not the case for one Thai man.
Thanat Thangtewanon, within moments of sitting down, experienced a sudden and intense pain in his testicles.
Unbelievably, a massive python, hidden in his home toilet, had bitten him.
Just the thought of it is unsettling.
Recalling the alarming moment, Thanat explained: “I felt something biting my balls. It was very painful, so I put my hands in the toilet to see what was wrong. I was shocked that I grabbed a snake.”
”I quickly stood up and plucked it out. I felt pain, really bad pain, and there was blood everywhere, but I was more shocked to have found a python in the toilet.”
If you’re squeamish, you might want to skip the next part…
Thanat grabbed a toilet brush and began striking the 12-ft snake with as much force as he could muster.
The snake’s grip on his testicles soon loosened before it eventually died.
Thanat was rushed to the hospital immediately after the horrifying incident to receive a tetanus vaccine.
Given the amount of blood seen in the bedroom photos, one might expect Thanat’s injuries to be severe.
However, the actual damage was less severe than initially feared.
Doctors informed him that he would need stitches, and his injuries would heal within a few weeks.
“My testicles are safe now. I’m lucky it wasn’t a venomous snake. A cobra would have killed me,” he noted.
“But I haven’t used that toilet again since. Every time I go, I check what’s inside and put a brush in there to make sure.”
The reticulated python, the species that attacked Thanat, is commonly found throughout Thailand and Southeast Asia.
These snakes usually inhabit forests, swamps, and canals but can also be found in urban areas.
Consequently, they sometimes come into contact with people, as Thanat experienced firsthand.
Surprisingly, pythons attacking individuals on the toilet has occurred multiple times before.
In 2016, Attaporn Boonmakchuay had to rely on his wife to pry a python’s mouth off his penis after an unexpected encounter during a toilet trip.
Attaporn lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss but fortunately survived after receiving medical treatment.