Tinaye Agere
PASSENGERS aboard a Gwanda-bound Inter-Africa bus from Zvishavane were left shell-shocked after a woman cried out and demanded to be dropped off so that she could nurse a python that had been injured after being run over by the vehicle.
She claimed the snake was a “gift’ from her ancestors.
The 30-minute drama witnessed by B-Metro occurred on Monday evening, just after the Mimosa Mining Company turn-off, when the unidentified woman, who was accompanied by a middle-aged man, wailed while begging onlookers, some of whom were throwing stones at the 2,5-metre reptile, not to kill it.
“I am the one who spotted it before it was run over by the bus. I am supposed to go and take care of it. I am asking that you let me go with it since it is a gift from my ancestors,” the woman said.
She also seemingly performed rituals while kneeling close to the snake.
The man who was in the company of the woman fearlessly held the python by its tail, much to the shock and wonderment of onlookers.
People kept at bay as the man tried to control the writhing reptile.
Whenever the giant snake tried to break free, people would scream and scurry backwards.
Chaos, however, ensued when some onlookers mustered the courage to confront the man, who was now trying to put it in a sack.
They asked the couple why they wanted to take the reptile.
After a fiery exchange of words, one of the bystanders grabbed the python from the man and ran into the bush.
The couple followed in hot pursuit.
By the time the reporter left the scene, the woman and man were still pleading with the other man to give them back the python.
Meanwhile, pythons are protected species in Zimbabwe.
Killing them attracts a heavy sentence. — B-Metro
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Daughter ‘cheats’ hubby with biological father
A woman in Ghana has spilled the beans about her complicated love story in an anonymous letter to the famous Citi FM/Citi TV relationship show “Sister Sister”.
According to the woman, she has been married to her husband for years and has three adorable children, but the truth is, none of the kids were sired by her hubby.
“My father always takes me on vacation, but my husband never complains because he sees nothing wrong with it. I am 35 now; I have three beautiful kids and they are all my father’s, but nobody has ever suspected it because I look like him,” she said in the letter.
The woman said she has been in a romantic relationship with her father for decades, but now, she is beginning to feel bad about it.
Below are some thoughts netizens have shared with the woman, who wanted their opinion and assistance.
Ama Marfo said: “Your father? Three kids? Both of you are under demonic possession. You need only Jesus. Please, leave someone’ s son (your innocent husband) out of this curse.”
“Ask for a divorce. How could the two of you be doing that? Is this not what they call a sin or something?” queried Akua Twumwah.
Agnes Sarkodee-Adoo Tekyi wrote: “The lust is deep and these incestuous relationships continue. You should have stopped this from the onset. May God have mercy on us.” — Wires
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Goblin scare in CBD
A SUSPECTED goblin caused a stir in Bulawayo’s central business district, where a crowd gathered to see a bizarre-looking creature with a horn, beads, red cloth and fur.
The rumour mill was in overdrive.
Some suggested it was probably being used for money-making rituals.
“This is a goblin that is used by people who want to get money or boost their businesses, and l saw it in this other video; it looks exactly like this.
“The horn in the charm is suspected to be the one that attracts customers and sometimes turns into a snake . . . ,” said someone in the crowd. — B-Metro
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