“She then came across the snake, which had a giant lump in its back, in her backyard. The snake disappeared after three days into neighbouring rainforest.”
And she didn’t kill it while it was sitting there bloated?
Bang.
Down here in FL they just institued a python hunting season.
They are a non native species that have caused a lot of trouble, and they don’t die because we are tropical. So voila! hunting season.