World Champion 'Snake Man' Killed - By A SNAKE!

[matcom]

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Boonreung Buachan, holder of the Guinness Book of World Records title for spending the most time penned up with snakes, was killed by a cobra that bit him during his daily show, a hospital doctor said on Monday.

Boonreung, 34 and dubbed Snake Man, was rushed unconscious to Prai Bung Hospital near his home town, 350 miles northeast of Bangkok, Dr Wipa Praituan told Reuters.

"He was brought here with no signs of life. He wasn't breathing and his heart didn't beat," she said.

Boonreung was listed by the "Guinness Book of World Records" in 1998 after living with snakes in a glass box for seven days.

An epileptic, he went into convulsions after being bitten, but no one took him to the hospital initially because they thought he was suffering an epileptic fit.

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[kanrok]

1. I love this line:

"...an epileptic, he went into convulsions after being bitten, but no one took him to the hospital initially because they thought he was suffering an epileptic fit." Yeah, you usually just want to sit and watch a person suffer an epileptic fit. Screw calling 911 (or whatever the equivalent is in Thailand). It's usually more fun to just watch. Knuckleheads.

[ashling]

2. Any word on the Aussie

crocodile guy who feeds crocs while holding his infant child?
At first I thought maybe you were talking about him.