World champion "snake man" killed by cobra

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...1&u=/nm/20040322/od_nm/life_thailand_snake_dc

Sure as heck didn't see that one coming....

 

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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.

I find this more tragic than the bite. He probably would have survived with immediate care.