Meet The Woman Who Says A Reptile Lives In Her (PHOTO)

Maria Tsotetsi (49), from extension 28
in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg, SA,
says she has an evil snake inside her
stomach.

She said she has been told by several
prophets and traditional healers that
the reptile lives inside her.

Maria, who looks pregnant, said she
was in hospital in 2011, where the
doctors told her she had a
growth.”They told me I had lost blood
and they wanted to operate on me but
nothing happened after that. The
nurses put me on drips but a few days
later, they released me.”

She said that her ex-boyfriend took her
to a bishop after she complained about
a pain in her stomach. The bishop told
her to strip off her clothes and gave
her muthi (herbs) to steam. “The
muthi was covered in a white and
brown snake skin. The bishop said it
would cure me,” she said.

But a few days later, she realised there was something in her body and her teeth
started falling out.

“I believe the muthi made me lose my
teeth. My boyfriend then dumped me
after 14 years and I’ve been single ever
since,” she said. “I want him to come
and remove the snake he put in my
stomach. I believe he’s responsible for
this.” She said she sometimes has her
period for two weeks and it’s so heavy
she has to use nappies.

Traditional healer Ntsimbi Ngema said:
“This kind of thing is done by jealous
lovers. There’s no way Maria could
have a new boyfriend because he could
die after having sex with her.”
A doctor who didn’t want to be named
said Maria could be suffering from all
sorts of things, including kidney stones
or gall stones.