Fake News: Man Transforms into Snake and Swallows Girl

Claim: A bike rider claims he witness a man transform into snake and attempt to swallow a lady in his car.

Verdict: Fake news. A bike rider confuses snake fabric trousers for an actual snake.

Multiple news outlets wildly reported that a “sugar daddy” (a rich, older man who gives money, gifts, to someone mostly females in exchange for sex or friendship) in Ngousso Yaounde transformed into a snake and swallowed his “sugar baby” (a younger person who provides romantic companionship or sexual intimacy to a wealthy older person in return for gifts or financial support) on the 10 of May 2023. However, the news is fake.

The bike rider who raised the alarm destroyed the wind screens of the car along with his peers. He also claimed that the man transformed during love making in the car with the said female.

According to Beta Tinz, a pidgin news blog

“Dey kam reach for dey way the Pa’a don almost swallow the geh all… dey start nak e motor, di brokam, for enta beat e, make e stop… dey beat e sotey e vomit the geh… Dey say the chérie-coco dey around 20 years old… the persin way langua we the tori di tok say e di doubt wheda the geh go survive the tin… but dey don carry e go hospitul… As for the repé, as e vomit the geh, turn bak to e normal self, police burst for dey… dey save e from caffiage, carry e go station…”

Several other blogs picked on this story and went it with like a wild wind.

Real Accounts of Event

According to reports, the man and his girlfriend partied till three in the morning on Tuesday while watching a Champions League competition.
They opted to spend the remainder of the morning in the car after the vehicle experienced technical difficulties in the Ngousso area before searching for a solution at dawn.
In order to find a solution, the man left the girl in the car at the sight of dawn. She was wearing a snakeskin-like attire trouser, and when the bike rider spotted her, they mistook her for a man who had changed into a python.

Massive objects such as stone and wood at the vehicle in an attempt to rescue the girl, damage, they destroyed the screens. Unlike what popular popular blogs posted the man was never beaten and only arrived at the scene when police officers were already present.
They were brought to the 18th Police District where they underwent an inquiry before being released.

Setting the Record Straight

  • Man transform into snake: There was never a snake.
  • The man is not a “sugar daddy” neither was he with his “sugar baby”.
  • He was not present at the scene when bike riders and other people destroyed his car.
  • There was no love making in the car.

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