That is a hard story to believe...
For some.
For me, it is not only completely credible, but illustrative of those types who would walk around with a reptilian boa around their neck.
Just like the people that didn’t want to believe a snake would hurt their baby because the baby was too big for the snake to eat.
Snake killed the baby.
Too big to eat or not, the baby was still dead.
Some people have to learn the hard way you cannot predict what an animal will do because MOST will react a certain way.
The snake clearly had no intention of trying to eat the guy.
The snake just felt threatened and it was protecting itself.