You waited for a second encounter? Ojo tβa ba rβibi nβibi n woβle oo.
A o ni damu. Eni ori yo, dβile. NYSC ma wa okay.
I slept in the same room with two big python unknowingly.
During my NYSC days, I served in Ogidi, Idemili. If you know Ogidi very well, especially around Iyi-Enu Hospital, you'll understand the tradition. They don't kill pythons in that community. If you mistakenly kill one, you're expected to give it a proper burial, just like a human being.
My landlady had already briefed me about their culture, so I was always careful. But I never imagined I'd experience it firsthand.
One particular day, I washed my clothes, spread them on the fence and went to church. I returned at night and went straight to pack my clothes. Without checking them properly, I gathered everything and dumped them on my bed.
Unknown to me, TWO BIG PYTHONS were hiding among the clothes!
I slept on the other side of the bed. Each time I rolled over and moved closer to the clothes, I felt something cold against my body. I assumed it was just some damp clothes that needed more sunlight.
The funny thing? I slept comfortably all through the night!
It wasn't until the following morning, when I started sorting out my clothes, that I discovered what I had been sharing my bed with.
TWO HUGE PYTHONS!
I screamed so loudly that I eventually fainted. My landlord had to come and remove them.
Imagine sleeping peacefully beside two pythons all night and waking up to discover your roommates! π
Till today, I still wonder what would have happened if I had rolled over to the other side of that bed.
My second encounter was in my kitchen π±