Woman Follows Giant Snake To Safety (Tsunami)

[matcom]

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AN Indonesian woman in the tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh has recalled swimming to safety with her neighbour's young twins on her back, following a giant snake through the flood waters.

Riza, a 26-year-old clothes seller from Penayang village in the capital of Banda Aceh, said she initially watched helplessly as the tsunami swept in to destroy her home on Sunday morning.

"I witnessed with my own eyes how the sea water, along with mud, rocks and logs, came rolling in," Riza told said at a refugee camp at Banda Aceh airport, according to the state Antara news agency.

"Thousands of people were screaming hysterically and were panicking as they saw the water rise higher than their houses."

As she was carried out of her house, Riza said she was dragged towards her badly injured neighbour, who was struggling to hold on to her nine-year-old twins.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11812104%255E28477,00.html

[rooboy]

1. I can imagine the Fox News headline: "Saved by Satan" n/t

[rfranklin]

2. It's a miracle! Thank you Jesus!

for sending the Serpent of Salvation to save the twins.

[DS1]

3. nah, that was just me running across the water

;-)

[Sporadicus]

4. I'd Have Followed a Fire-Breathing Dragon

if it were heading for higher ground!

[NewJeffCT]

5. sometimes animals instinctively know...

Sometimes, they instinctively know how to react in these situations. So, it was probably a smart move on the woman's part.