Highly Venomous 'Horangi-baem' Found Inside Car
Escaped After Parking on Shoulder... Snake Captured Successfully
A female driver traveling on a highway in Australia was greatly shocked after seeing a venomous snake crawling up her leg, but she managed to escape safely after pulling over to the shoulder.
On the 1st (local time), British daily The Guardian, BBC, and other foreign media reported on an incident that occurred the previous day on a highway in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. On that day, Victoria Police responded to a report of a woman who had taken off one shoe and was signaling passing vehicles to stop. The woman told the police that "while driving, she felt something on her foot" and "witnessed a snake crawling up her leg." At the time, the woman was in a state of great shock.
First, the police requested an ambulance to check whether the woman had been bitten by the snake. Fortunately, she was not bitten, and the ambulance transported her to the hospital for further treatment. Next, the police called Tim Nanninga, a snake catcher in the Melbourne area, to search inside the car. The snake catcher found a highly venomous snake called a "tiger snake" under the steering wheel. Also, one of the shoes the startled driver had taken off was found near the brake pedal. Nanninga said, "I don't know how the woman was able to safely pull over the car," adding, "It must have been really terrifying."
The police explained that the driver shook off the snake attached to her leg, maneuvered through other vehicles, changed lanes, parked on the shoulder, and escaped from the car. At the time, cars were traveling on the highway at 80 km/h. Drivers passing by were astonished to see the snake being captured from the car, and some even recorded videos of the capture.
The woman had started her journey from the southwestern region of Victoria, and experts estimated that the snake had entered the car from that area. The tiger snake is a venomous snake belonging to the cobra family found in some parts of Australia and is one of the most dangerous venomous snakes in the world. The captured snake was reportedly released back into the wild far enough away from residential areas.
Meanwhile, last year, a domestic broadcast also introduced a story of a family attacked by a snake on a highway.
On June 15 last year, JTBC's "Han Moon-chul's Black Box Review" aired a black box video under the theme "Animal Attacking a Family on the Highway."
The family featured in the video was returning home after a trip to Sokcho. Suddenly awakened, the mother exclaimed, "Oh my, it's biting my head," startled by the sudden appearance of an animal. Host lawyer Han Moon-chul explained that the animal was a "yuhyeolmok," a venomous snake also called a flower snake, surprising everyone. The family quickly pulled over to the shoulder, and the father stepped out to subdue the snake. He subdued the snake with a selfie stick and released it into the bushes. The family concluded that the snake had entered the car when the mother opened the door to take a walk during a rest stop.
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