Akbar Salubiro had worked on a palm oil plantation near a remote village in West Sulawesi and had been missing since March 26, according to local media reports.
Video footage circulating online appears to show villagers using a knife to cut open the snake’s belly and discovering the body of the man inside.
Warning - Contains footage some people may find disturbing: Indonesian villagers discover body inside python
Village secretary Salubiro Junaidi told Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post that Mr Akbar’s body was lifeless when the snake was cut open.
"People had heard cries from the palm grove the night before Akbar was found in the snake’s stomach,” he said.
"When the snake was captured, the boots Akbar was wearing were clearly visible in the stomach of the snake.”
