Deadly python with human head captured

People in Mahole, Filabusi are in a state of shock after they discovered a huge python with a human head which is allegedly being kept by one of the villagers.

The area falls under village head - Julliet Moyo.

Apparently the villager, Khethiwe Bhebhe, is suspected to have accounted for scores of missing children.

The incident happened a fortnight ago.

According to the tabloid uMthunywa, villagers retrieved the python which has human head, human hair and arms.

Villagers said Bhebhe would whistle to the snake and it would emerge from Zhulube dam where it also stays apart from Bhebhe's homestead.

Villagers also claimed that the snake, which was captured on video, was 'crying' like a baby.

Its also alleged that the snake was crying because it hadn't been fed porridge as usual.

"I have never seen such in my life. We are staying with evil people and we cannot say that was a snake as it resembled a human being," said one villager identified as Ndebele.

"Scores of children have died at this dam," said another villager.

"I was there when villagers retrieved the snake from Bhebhe, but not many people were called.

"Villagers ordered Bhebhe to wash her hands from their own water and they interrogated her about the snake.

"She said her mother in law left her the snake."

"She was told to call the snake and she whistled and there was a whirl-wind and suddenly a snake appeared and curled itself around and started to cry like a baby."

Bhebhe allegedly said she does not know how to dispose of it and confessed that many children have disappeared as a result of it.