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Man taking a bath in river wrestles giant python, lives to tell the story

Wycliffe Ochango Mukuywa, 60, enjoys taking a bath in a river located 400 metres away from his house in Shiyunzu village, Kakamega County. The stream is located in a thicket at the edge of a narrow pathway.

The surrounding area is forested and forbidding. At around 3 pm on May 20, this year, Mukuywa was feeling uncomfortably hot and decided to go and take a bath. A few metres from the river, a rustling sound from the bush along the narrow path made him pause to investigate.

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