Jump directly to the content
Video
Evil spirits

‘You, python, move’: Watch moment ‘possessed’ man ‘transform into a snake’ during disturbing exorcism

Bizarre footage shows a man tearing at this clothes and lashing out at an exorcist during the gripping ceremony

Possessed man

THIS is the bizarre moment a man claiming to be possessed by evil spirits tears his clothes and starts slithering like a snake during an exorcism.

The disturbing footage shows an unknown man dressed in white starts ripping his clothes apart in a church as an exorcist yells at him.

 Eerie exorcism... man dressed in white starts removing his clothes
4
Eerie exorcism... man dressed in white starts removing his clothesCredit: YouTube

But as the ritual continues for several minutes, the man with crazed eyes appears to believe he is a snake and is seen wriggling his whole body on the floor.

The clip, which was uploaded on YouTube, is taken from EmmanuelTV - a channel set up by T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos, Nigeria.

They feature a number of "extreme" demonic possessions and exorcisms clips.

 The man suddenly lashes out at those holding the ritual
4
The man suddenly lashes out at those holding the ritualCredit: YouTube
 He then appears to believe he's a snake
4
He then appears to believe he's a snakeCredit: YouTube
 And starts moving like one while an exorcist yells 'you, python, move'
4
And starts moving like one while an exorcist yells 'you, python, move'Credit: YouTube

In other demonic related news, a psychiatrist has revealed how he has spent over 25 years helping priests tell the difference between demonic possession and mental illness.

Richard Gallagher was introduced to satanic possession in the 1980s and said that many other psychiatrists believe in the phenomenon.

Writing in the , he detailed a list of tell-tale signs to decide if someone is possessed.

 

He said: “A possessed individual may suddenly, in a type of trance, voice statements of astonishing venom and contempt for religion, while understanding and speaking various foreign languages previously unknown to them.”

Gallagher also claimed that possessed people are physically different.

He added: “The subject might also exhibit enormous strength or even the extraordinarily rare phenomenon of levitation.

“He or she might demonstrate “hidden knowledge” of all sorts of things — like how a stranger’s loved ones died, what secret sins she has committed, even where people are at a given moment.

“These are skills that cannot be explained except by special psychic or preternatural ability.”

The psychiatrist used to be on the governing board of the International Association of Exorcists, which was formally recognised by the Pope in 2014.

Exorcisms appeared in the Catholic Church in the 15th century.

Since then, it was believed that every Christian had the power to drive a demonic spirit from a possessed body.

Exorcisms were revived in the Catholic Church in the late 20th century because the subject was used in a large number of films and books.

Topics