Three-year-old Cambodian boy Oeun Sambat hugs his best friend, a four metre (13.1 feet) long female python named Chamreun or 'Lucky' in the village of Sit Tbow, May 18, 2003. Superstitious villagers in the impoverished southeast Asian nation are flocking to see the boy, who they believe has supernatural powers and was probably the son of a dragon in a former life. TO MATCH FEATURE STORY CAMBODIA-PYTHON-BOY
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