Turns out he is not a snake.
An Australian man pulled over because a speeding was released when police learned he was on his way to the hospital for fear he was bitten by a snake he killed while driving.
The man, identified only as Jimmy, was seen by police last month reaching 76 mph on Dawson Highway in Queensland, police said in a press release.
“A brown snake or a tiger snake is behind the ute,” Jimmy told the officer who pulled him, according body camera footage released by Queensland Police.
“I think it bit me, was in the car with me,” the driver said.
Jimmy told the officer that moments before, when he was driving around 60 mph, he saw the creature, which was later identified as a poisonous eastern brown snake, creeping between its legs.
“The more I move my legs … it’s just starting to wrap me up,” he said. “His head began to attack [driver’s seat], between my two legs. “
Believing he was bitten, Jimmy managed to kill the snake with a knife and planned to take him to the hospital with him, the release said.
Police body camera footage shows a dead snake behind Jimmy’s truck.
The officer called an ambulance, informing the sender that the driver was “very panicked” but “conscious and breathing right now.”
It was determined that the snake did not bite the man, but he still avoided the speeding ticket.
“It’s very bloody, scary. I will not lie, “the driver told the police.” I have never been so happy to see red and blue lights. “
