Python emerges from toilet and 'latches on to man's penis'

Our pick of the strange but true stories from around the world.

Snake rises from the sewers

A Thai man has been hospitalised after an 11ft python slithered up through the sewers and latched onto his penis while he sat on the toilet. Atthaporn Boonmakchuay reportedly fought with the snake for several minutes before his wife came to his aid and the two used a rope to strangle the reptile. Boonmakchuay then passed out and was taken to hospital.

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20,000 bees chase car for two days

A swarm of about 20,000 bees chased a woman's car in Wales and then clung to the back of the vehicle for two days. Roger Burns, of the Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association, said the hive's queen had probably been trapped somewhere inside the car, prompting the workers to give chase. It took local national park ranger Tom Moses and two beekeepers more than three hours to trap the insects in a cardboard box for relocation.

Officials seize 'meth burritos'

US customs officials in Tucson, Arizona, have seized two burritos containing nearly a pound of methamphetamine. Officers say a 25-year-old woman was crossing the border between Mexico and the US on foot when sniffer dogs alerted them to the £2,000 worth of drugs hidden inside the food.