Boy, 5, bitten and dragged into pool by monster 10ft python rescued by hero dad
dailyrecord.co.ukA five-year-old boy was rescued from the jaws of a 10ft python by his horrified dad as it tried to swallow him whole. Little Beau Blake was playing next to the pool at his home in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia when the waiting reptile struck.
The youngster was then bitten, constricted and dragged into the swimming pool by the monster snake, which was roughly three times the size of him, the Daily Star reports.
Pythons squeeze their prey to death within just a couple of minutes before swallowing them whole - with their victims including humans on rare occasions.
In a dramatic rescue effort, Beau was pulled from the pool by his 76-year-old grandfather Allan before dad Ben grappled with the snake and managed to prise it off his leg.Speaking to Melbourne radio station 3AW, Ben said: "Beau was just walking around the edge of the pool...
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