Well this is probably the strangest news item I've heard in a while:
A Winnipeg man is receiving medical treatment after being bitten by an African snake on Sunday.
A friend drove the 31-year-old St. Vital resident to hospital after he was bitten in the face by a gaboon viper around 6 p.m. Sunday, police said.
The man was knowledgeable about the snake, police said. He told hospital officials what had happened, and how much time they had to get antivenin to him...
The victim lost consciousness before speaking to police, Const. Jacqueline Chaput said Monday, but investigators did have a chance to speak to his friend.
Police are still looking for the snake, but Chaput says the public shouldn't be worried...
I think this would make a killer opening scene for a novel. Guy shows up in the ER of a cold northern city, saying he's been bitten in the face by a venomous African snake, and loses consciousness. Hilarity ensues.
2 comments:
wild maneating snake on the loose, and the public shouldnt be worried?
i'll buy that.
Well it is like -10C on average there right now...the snake didn't get far...
Of course, if you lived in the same apartment building...
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