Legend of the giant snake on the island has 99 mountains

Before each forest trip, the hunters had to pray and pray that they would not encounter the 'sacred forest assassin', which is a giant snake (also known as a rattan cobra).

Phu Quoc Island (Phu Quoc district, Kien Giang province) is not only famous as a beautiful tourist island but also attracts tourists by the myths of some special animals such as super dogs and mermaids (children Sea cow) . This article discusses the legendary giant giant on Phu Quoc Island

The period of the "sacred forest assassin"

Before each forest trip, hunters had to pray and pray that they would not encounter 'sacred forest assassins'.(Artwork. Internet source).

Phu Quoc is a land with many mysteries and mysteries. Following the clues of the informant, on the way to penetrate the country of 99 hills and mountains, we can not help but be amazed by the beauty that nature gives to this place. The life of the people is peaceful throughout the year between the sea and the mountains with the same message and smooth white sand stretches. When I came to this island district, I had the opportunity to sleep in the old stilt house of Robinson's owner, hearing the sound of insects somewhere coming into the air like a lyrical love song that made the scene more poetic. , charming to the heart .

According to the elderly people on the island, in the past, throughout Phu Quoc was a vast, spreading forest, people came here to reclaim the sea fishing, and could cling to the forest to survive. Their lives are often associated with the days of eating forest, sleeping for a long week. Before each forest trip, the hunters had to pray and pray that they would not meet the 'sacred forest assassin', it is a giant snake (also known as a rattan snake) . Because just having to encounter that species, it is certain that their hunting trip will "heal much less". As for those who live by catching snakes, no matter how reckless they are, they only dare to catch small and medium-sized poisonous snakes such as braces, tigers, rooftops and giant snakes, as they quickly find a way to 'play cards'. Go out ' to bring the painting to the body.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Duong Huu Phuoc (born 1964, living in Suoi Cat, Cua Duong commune, Phu Quoc district, Kien Giang province) said: 'My ancestors were among the first to set foot on the island district. . Most recently, my father and Mr. Tam Do were two living witnesses who had repeatedly encountered giant snakes. Unfortunately, both died not long ago because they were old. However, stories related to this snake cannot fade with the same time. '

It is true that for hundreds of years, locals have been spreading stories about giant snakes in Phu Quoc forest. No one knows exactly where that species of serpent live, but it is believed that in the middle of the deep mountain forest there are deep caves that are inhabited by snakes.

Giant snakes are named by the Phu Quoc people as 'sacred forest assassins', spreading terror to any hunter and forest walkers. It is said that this serpent species only goes by the tail, the body stands up like a human. Each time he moves, he breathes out and makes the leaves rustle, when he finds his prey rushes like the wind, the head is raised up even higher than the forest canopy. It is said that there have been many unfortunate people missing because of encountering this snake. Any hunter who encounters them will try to "give up running for people", even hunters who let go of the gun, quit their jobs because they are too scared of the python .

This serpent species makes people fear not only because the size is thought to be tens of meters long, weighing hundreds of kilograms but also because of the bloody heroic letters between it and other beasts. Not only that, giant snakes are also dubbed the 'killer' of fish and shrimps, every time they find a pond full of fish, they wrap their heads and tails into two trees, using their bodies like a dandruff to clean up catch water. Fish eat !?

Around the mysteries of this snake, the natives also rumored another mysterious story.

The story is that a group of people came to Vung Bau, saw that there was a dry tree, so they sat and cooked. After the fire had just finished, the heat was rising and the stump was suddenly . moved. Then suddenly there was a loud, loud breathing, followed by a rustling sound and the 'tree' stood up with a height of nearly 10 meters. Meeting horror stories, the whole bunch of people fled, and asked if they knew that the strange 'tree' was a clouded cobra. Or it is the night when there is a group of people burning torches to the forest to hunt bees, hearing the sound of the sound of obesity after the nape of the wind, when the wind blows, only when looking back, will the snake become the size of a coconut tree following its body. Stand up, just use the end of the tail enough to move .

Some seniors also believe that giant snakes live in pairs with pairs. Therefore, when killing one child, how does the "culprit " also "not eat well, sleep uneasily" fearing that the surviving child will seek revenge. Whenever sleeping, listening to trees screeching, barking hounds and dogs are alert to alert the snake to avenge. The feeling of going to the mountains and forests and meeting the tall and serpent cobra like a bamboo tree to go to work was terrible. Later, because humans appeared more and more, giant snakes have retreated to the wild forest, the mountains are deserted, sometimes appearing a few small ones in forests with human breath.

Words of living witnesses

Mr. Phuoc was called Bay Phuoc by the people, born in a poor family, with many children, his family had no fields and fields, so at the age of 6 and 7, he had to follow his father to the forest to find targets. , hunt the beast. At that time, living in the mountains and forests, his family met a lot of wild animals such as deer, pigs, chickens and ferrets every day, especially many types of snakes.

Mr. Bay Phuoc tells stories about giant snakes.

Mr. Phuoc shared: 'I live on forests, so there must be a separate principle to survive and live peacefully with nature and mountains. Why is that so, if I find a way to harm it today, it will definitely come to revenge tomorrow. Especially some snakes, they often go to their homes to take revenge when someone threatens their lives.

Mr. Phuoc analyzed, this giant snake has a pale yellow body, red eyes, 20cm away from the neck with rattan seeds, circles, dark yellow, their scales are bigger than those of a tiger. Its venom belongs to a poisonous theater, and the cave of the cobra is always rotten.

Once, Mr. Phuoc and his father went to the forest to meet a snake about 10 meters long, as big as an adult thigh, lying on a trail. Seeing the giant animal, the father and son stood to a halt. After that, no one told anyone, they both threw back the things they found in the forest running to the village. Arriving at the house, seeing his father and son face no longer dripping blood, Phuoc's mother immediately knew that the two people who had encountered giant snakes should give encouragement. After dinner, his father Phuoc told me the mysterious stories about the giant python .