Thread: Boy bitten to death while asleep by a snake

A six-year old boy was bitten to death by a poisonous snake which was suspected to have escaped floodwaters to seek warm and dry refuge in his bed without his knowledge.

The incident took place in house No 166, village 5 of Ban Prathatbu, Tambon Nadee of Surin’s Muang district today.

The mother of the boy, Mrs Sookjai Kaewsook, told reporters that her parents put her boy to bed at about 7 pm. Monday night. At about 9 pm, the boy coughed violently and complained of severe stomach-ache, so they carried him from the bed for a body scrub with a towel soaked in water only to find to their shock a two-feet long black and white snake on the bed.

The couple then beat the snake which was later identified as Thap Samingkla, a poisonous snake to death before they rushed the boy to Surin provincial hospital where a doctor and nurses tried desperately to save his life. He was pronounced dead shortly afterward.

Villagers said the Thap Samingkla snakes were common in the rice fields in the Northeast, southern and eastern regions and they usually crawled into houses to escape flood waters to seek refuge.

Boy bitten to death while asleep by a snake - Thai PBS English News

Verdict - Suicide by snakebite.

RIP little kid.

searching "Thap Samingkla" brings back nothing except for the news story

has anyone got a better transliteration so we can have a picture of the offender ?

Trying to find out what kind of snake it was just now. I suspect it to be a krait.

Poor kid. RIP.

Snakes can crawl into empty shoes overnight, and if you do not shake out your childs shoe in the morning before your own, then a nasty snake bite will bring you back to the reality of a countryside swarming with reptiles.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Snakes can crawl into empty shoes overnight, and if you do not shake out your childs shoe in the morning before your own, then a nasty snake bite will bring you back to the reality of a countryside swarming with reptiles.

This is why everyone wears flip-flops or casual dress sandals.
Problem solved.

Exactly, but school children still have to wear proper black school shoes, to school.
These need to be checked in the morning in rural areas.

Feeling sorry for this little boy

Plus in our school we found 2 snakes and beat them to death..

RIP