4m-long python found underneath house
MIRI: A man found a four-metre-long python tightly wrapped around a pet chicken underneath his house in Kampung Wireless early this (Wednesday) morning. Fearing for his own safety, the 43-year-old house owner immediately called an emergency service for help. By the time help arrived the chicken was already dead. “I was walking around the house […]
Busy snake-catching acts for APM
MIRI: Miri Civil Defence Department (APM) personnel were summoned on Saturday to catch a meter-long adult python in South Lake Bandar Baru Permyjaya. According to Miri APM officer in-charge Captain (PA) Usman Harto said, three APM personnel led by Corporal (PA) Mariani Eddy were despatched to a house in South Lake upon receiving a distressed […]
Python squeezes pet cat to death
MIRI: A 10kg python squeezed a pet cat here to death at the main gate of a house here on Monday night (June 28). The cat owner, a 37-year-old woman, stumbled upon the six-foot- long snake which had wrapped itself around her pet when she reached her house at around 7.10pm. Officer-in-charge of the Miri […]
Giant python swallows pet cat
MIRI: A 13-foot-long python swallowed a pet cat alive on Monday morning after straying into the backyard of a house in Kampung Masjid Sepupok Niah. The reptile, weighing around 20kg, was caught by firemen from the Batu Niah fire station who were deployed to the house around 9.39am. Batu Niah station chief Francis Aceh said […]
277 snakes encroaching into homes caught from January until December 2020
MIRI: Snakes usually enter areas inhabited by human in search of food and shelter. In 2020, from January until December, a total of 277 snakes comprising various species were caught by Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba). “Topping the chart for the most snakes we caught was python followed by venomous species, the cobra,” disclosed […]
Cat meows to alert couple of python
SIMANGGANG: A couple woke up from their sleep to find a python on their ceiling after their pet cat kept meowing this early morning. Sri Aman Civil Defense Officer Captain Siti Huzaimah Ibrahim said they received a report of the presence of an 18-foot python weighing around 25kg at 4.25am. “That time, the couple was […]
Cat believed swallowed by python
MIRI: A family cat was believed to have been wholly swallowed by a python weighing 10 kilogramme this morning (Oct 23). This was after the kitten went missing since morning. The mysterious disappearance of the family kitten unfolded, after the owner discovered an eight-metre long python curling on a rack inside the store room of […]
Cops find python while on duty
MIRI: Two Mobile Patrol Vehicle (MPV) personnel had the shock of their lives when they ran into a three-metre long python while on patrol duty last Wednesday (Sept 16). According to sources, the snake was blocking the police MPV nearby Lorong Seroja Kampung, Tudan here. The policemen immediately informed Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) on […]
Man finds 5-metre python in car bonnet
MIRI: A man was shocked to find a five-metre-long python under the bonnet of his car at Jalan Geranit, Kampung Merikan, Lutong on Monday (Sept 14). According to Miri Civil Defence Force (APM) officer Captain (PA) Usman Harto, before the discovery, the man’s neighbour saw a suspicious ‘object’ slithering into the bonnet of the car, […]
Python gets removed from under oven
BEKENU: A python was spotted under an oven of a home at Kampung Padang, Kelulit here on Sunday (Aug 16). According to a spokesperson of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a distress call on the discovery was received at 4.29pm. Following the call, Team Charlie of Batu Niah Fire and Rescue Station was deployed […]
