'Safe sex' man bites cobra back
2008-06-08 21:32
Bangkok - In a case that has baffled Thai police, a 40-year-old man was found dead on Sunday with a badly bitten cobra carcass in his hands and a condom on his penis, news reports said.
Wiroj Banlen, 40, was found dead on the side of a dirt road near Lamsai village of Ayutthaya province at 07:00 on Sunday.
A preliminary police autopsy revealed Wiroj had several snake bites on his right leg and his cheeks, said The Nation online news service.
The dead cobra found clenched in Wiroj's hands had also been bitten several times, and snake remnants were found in the dead man's teeth, suggesting a case of man-bites-snake in revenge.
More puzzling for police investigating the case was the condom, which contained no semen, found on Wiroj's penis. Police speculated that Wiroj was removing his trousers when the cobra struck.
Wiroj's body was sent to hospital for a post-mortem. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA