Man Bitten by Python While Sitting on the Toilet

Sitting on the toilet can be one of the most intimate parts of a person’s day, so being attacked by a wild animal while your pants are down—literally—can be a traumatizing experience. 

A man in Thailand just experienced this horror firsthand. Thanat Thangtewanon of Bangkok was sitting on the toilet on Aug. 20 when something felt horribly wrong. 

“I felt something biting my balls. It was very painful, so I put my hands in the toilet to see what was wrong. I was shocked that I grabbed a snake,” he said, per Asia Pacific Express. “I quickly stood up and plucked it out. I felt pain, really bad pain, and there was blood everywhere, but I was more shocked to have found a python in the toilet.”

He was able to beat down and kill the reticulated python with a toilet brush. He immediately went to the hospital to get a tetanus vaccine. Luckily, because the python’s bite wasn’t deep enough to sever the skin, it didn’t require stitches and is expected to heal in a few weeks. 

For his part, Thangtewanon is just happy it wasn’t worse than it could’ve been. 

“My testicles are safe now,” he said. “I’m lucky it wasn’t a venomous snake. A cobra would have killed me.”

Still, he’s a bit afraid to use the bathroom at the scene of the crime. “I haven’t used that toilet again since,” he said. “Every time I go, I check what’s inside and put a brush in there to make sure.”

Don’t get too comfortable next time you take a seat on the porcelain throne.