Drunk man in Gujarat attempts selfie with snake, suffers snakebite

Surat

A 20-year old youth was hospitalized after selfie attempt with snake in Nani dholdungri village of Dharampur taluka in south Gujarat.

Vipul Arjunbhai Patel, resident of Jalaram faliya in Nani Dholdungri village is expert in capturing snakes. he says he has captured over 400 snakes so far. He learnt the skill of capturing snakes from local animal welfare group four years ago.

On 31st July night, Vipul’s neighbor Navinbhai Babarbhai Patel complained presence of snake in his kitchen. Vipul was drunk, but he rushed to Navinbhai’s place to capture the snake and he did the job successfully.

When Vipul’s friends – gathered outside Navinbhai’s house – asked Vipul to show the snake, he pulled it out from container. Suggested by friends, Vipul started taking selfie, but suddenly suffered three snakebites during selfie click. He lost grip over snake. While snake escaped from the place, Vipul was taken to Sainath hospital in Dharampur where he went unconscious. He regained consciousness only after 32 hours, and took quick decision to not to do such adventure again in future.

– DeshGujarat