Posted on 04/29/2026 8:37:23 PM PDT by fidelis
A snake crawled into the German tourist's pants and bit him, according to police.
WASHINGTON — A German tourist on vacation in Egypt died this month after he was bitten during a snake-charming show, according to German police.
Bavarian Police said this week that a family of three from the Unterallgäu region of Germany went to the snake-charming show in early April in the Hurghada resort area of Egypt, along the Red Sea coast. The show was entertainment provided by the hotel complex, police said.
Two snakes that police said were "presumably" cobras were used in the performance and placed around the necks of audience members. One of the snakes crawled into the pants of the 57-year-old German tourist and bit his leg.
The man, who was not named in the release, "exhibited clear symptoms of poisoning and required resuscitation," police said in a news release. "The 57-year-old man was taken to a local hospital, where he later died."
The incident is under investigation by Germany's Memmingen Criminal Police Inspectorate, and toxicology results are pending, according to the release.
About 5.4 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year, and up to 137,880 people die from those bites, according to the World Health Organization.
In California, three people have died from snake bites this year. A 78-year-old woman died weeks after she suffered three snake bites while walking in the Redwood Valley on April 8, according to ABC News. A 25-year-old man died from a rattlesnake bite while mountain biking in Irvine in February. And in March, a 46-year-old woman died after she was bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking at Wildwood Regional Park.
I am so surprised I never got bit by a rattlesnake, being that junior high through high school, I would go diamondback hunting with a stick and a rock.
Biggest one I ever killed, was over 5 foot, and had 17 rattles (so, approx. 17 years old).
I should check and see if I can ship some of the mongooses from here.. they are all over the place.
They would probably clear your land of snakes pretty quickly, lol.
You have to be pretty stupid to let someone wrap one of the world’s most deadly snakes around your neck.
That’s irrelephant
I would nominate him for one.
What about the one that was wrapped around someone’s neck? 😮
“doctor says you’re going to die.”
“Two snakes that police said were “presumably” cobras were used in the performance and placed around the necks of audience members. One of the snakes crawled into the pants of the 57-year-old German tourist and bit his leg.” Probably something I should take off my bucket list.
Was he wearing lederhosen?
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