Phnom Penh (dpa) - A Cambodian man who took off his trousers, tied the legs at the bottom and wrangled a 2-metre cobra into them died when it bit him through the fabric, local media reported Monday.
Khmer-language daily Koh Santepheap quoted police as saying Chab Kear, 36, saw the reptile swimming in a river just outside the capital last Thursday during a drinking session and captured it in the hopes of selling it later in the day.
He tied the animal inside his trousers and a scarf around his waist, but as he continued carousing the enraged snake managed to get its fangs free and bite Kear three times on the stomach.
The newspaper reported Kear’s last words as being “don’t worry - it’s nothing a drink can’t fix” before he succumbed to the cobra’s venom.
There are so many things the baffle me about this story. First off I can’t take credit for the title of the post. That is the actual headline that is used in the news article. Seriously, click the link and check it out for yourself. Second I can’t really decide what is better. That an obviously drunk dude decided it was a good idea to catch one of the deadliest snakes in the world in his pants or that he thought another drink would cure the three death bites he had just received.
Original Story: Bangkok Post Breaking News
{ 1 trackback }
{ 0 comments… add one now }