Snake Man Succumbs to a Deadly Bite
From Times Wire Reports
A man who set a world record by spending seven days locked up with poisonous snakes in 1998 has died from a mamba bite, a Thai hospital reported.
A doctor in Si Sa Ket province said relatives of Boonreung Bauchan -- known as the Snake Man -- told her that he had been showing villagers a new snake when bitten.
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