The Cambodian Boy Who Sleeps with a Python

Snake Boy (2008): In Cambodia, a real-life Mowgli strokes and kisses his five-metre long pet, a giant Burmese python. Seven-year old Sambath rides, wrestles and even sleeps with a snake big enough to squeeze a man to death. Subscribe to Journeyman: For similar stories see our Animal Kingdom playlist: Should Parents Be Allowed To Stop Their Children From Growing? The Violent Gangs Leading New Zealand Community Projects “I pat and kiss it, like a husband and wife,“ Sambath says. As the family sit down to eat, Lucky the python slides around the edge of the room. It survives on a diet of four chickens a week, yet giant pythons have been known to eat their owners. “Since the snake has been in our house we’ve been safe,“ says Sambath’s mother who tenderly wa