Superstitions And Slithering Soothsayers

[Sunbelt Asia]

Present them with a big snake and Thais generally will run from it; unless it gives out lucky lottery numbers, apparently.

Such is the case in Village No. 8 in the Tanman area. There residents stumbled upon the nest of a giant python in a wooded area near the Saknok Reservoir.

Rather than kill the snake, some in the crowd who went to see it asked the serpent for lucky numbers to bet on in the lottery. When everyone who played the number 69 won, the slithering soothsayer was elevated to god-like status.

Now villagers are going to visit the snake in the molehill to pray, present it with flowers incense and candles and rub it with powder from dawn until dusk in hopes they'll be the next big winners.

Reports that the snake asked for a cut of the winnings in return for being constantly pestered by superstitious locals remain unconfirmed.

[jori]

Wait until their favourite dog/cat/child becomes a lump inside the serpent ,the head will roll.Some of those things are huge,coming around a bend in the road once on my scooter a almighty long snake virtually had me off,Gawd it stretched from one side of the road to the other and then had some length to spare.