Thanat Thangtewanon just wanted to use the bathroom.
He is 35 years old, lives in Thailand, and that morning he had no idea that the pipes in his toilet were hiding something alive. He felt a sharp, burning bite on his body. He thought he had cut himself on something sharp. When he stood up and looked down, he realized it was not a cut: it was a python more than three meters long, coiled up and emerging from the very place where he had been sitting seconds earlier.
Instinct overcame fear. He grabbed the toilet brush and struck the reptile again and again until he completely immobilized it. Then, still trembling, he recorded the scene with his phone before asking for help.
He was taken to the hospital, where he was given a tetanus shot. The python was not venomous, and Thanat did not suffer serious injuries, although the scare was etched in his memory forever. Specialists explained that these snakes often slip through drains in search of shelter or food, something more common than anyone would want to know before sitting down in their own bathroom.
