Kern [CA] man eats live snake for 'Survivor':Tehachapi man's stunt disgusts crowd at tryouts [video]

Bakersfield Californian ^ | Jul 14 2007 11:05 PM | LISA SCHENCKER

[piperpilot]

His name is Terry. Don’t remember his last name, but he was not the winner, much to my chagrin. I think he made it to the final 4 though.

[Pete]

Cries of "What!" "Eww," and "Man, that's not cool," filled the room as he started tearing away the snake's skin.

Apparently, Keanu Reeves was in attendance.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

yea, that drippy grub was tough to watch..

[Beagle8U]

” The ‘Man in the Wild’ dudes eat some pretty rank stuff too.”

On one show of “Man Verses Wild” the guy did eat a live snake, whole!( He ripped the head off first)

It was a rather small snake and not a rattler. Thats likely where the guy got the idea.

[paul51]

I’ve probably eaten much worse at some Chinese restaurants without knowing it.

[NormsRevenge]

UGGHHH,, I hate grubs, but fish love ‘em.. same for leeches.

[ElkGroveDan]

I like the one where he bit into the giant live grubs in Ecuador. The look on his face as he exclaimed “horrible!” was priceless.

[Son Of The Godfather]

E-mailed to Rusty at The Jawa Report. lol

[Cecily]

At least whatever it was was dead and cooked.

Why didn’t this guy kill the snake before he ate it? This is circus geek stuff.

[Fudd Fan]

I’d bet a good number of those who were “outraged” and “disgusted” think nothing of condoning abortions.

[Beagle8U]

The one where he was in northern Canada and starving, he went to great lengths saying how he was happy that he found some pond lilies and how great they were for food.

He ate some and puked his guts out...lol

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I ate at several “real” chinese restaurants when I was in hong kong and I told the chinese guy I went and worked with, “do NOT tell me what it is”, unless I really like it, THEN tell me..for the most part, it all wasn’t bad until I got to the fish stomachs, and it was everything I could do to avoid spewin on the table..the taste was ok, but the consistency, in my opinion, was horrible..

[GeorgiaDawg32]

that was “survivor man”, not “man vs. wild”..but I remember seein that..

[Beagle8U]

OK. I knew it was one of them.

[paul51]

At least whatever it was was dead and cooked.

I'd like to think so however I wouldn't bet on it

[herkbird]

I’ve heard stories where they cut the top of the head off a live monkey and people eat the brain. This could be just a Viet Nam War story people talked about to pass the time, although Ray Liotta eat his own Brain in a horror film. Later on in an intervieew on the “VIEW” he commented that it tasted like chicken.

I’ve eaten fresh Live Oysters plucked right out of the ocean on many occasions and just loved the fresh succulent taste. I must admit if I had never tried it at a restaurant, eating Oysters would have been a little intimidating if I hadn’t known other people also ate them.

I’ve heard there’s a place in Asia called “Snake Alley” where you can buy a live snake. They string it up with a lasso at the head and drain the blood, which people drink like a shot of Whiskey.

Culture and Customs have dictated many strange eating habits in different places of the world, maybe eating a live snake is not that uncommon some where on this crazy planet Earth.

[RJS1950]

You’re right, he was one of the final 3. For some reason I remembered him as the winner. The few times I’ve watched it I root for the “old farts” to kick the butts of the young smartasses.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Hmmmmmmm.... Unemployed from Tehachapi?

Eating snakes? Big deal.... Let's see him kick his addiction to methamphetamines.

Antlope Valley should be called "Tweeker Valley".

[metmom]

"You do something like that to survive but not to an animal that can't defend itself."

No, you don't even do something that inhumane to survive. You kill it quickly first.

[BulletBobCo]