Payeng who lives there with his family had the shock of his lifewhen he discovered a 1979 day of the year hundreds of thousands of inanimate bodies of snakes lying on the floor: "The snakes were dead from the heat, there were no trees to protect them.
Payeng ohlala lapho nomndeni wakhe ukwethuka kokuphila kwakhelapho ethola usuku lwe-1979 lonyaka amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinyoka ezingenamaphiko ezinyoka elele phansi: "Izinyoka zazifile ekushiseni, kwakungekho izihlahla zokuzivikela.