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A man was driving his pickup truck on an Australian highway when he noticed a reptile

in the vehicle. And not just any reptile. It was an eastern brown snake, highly venomous and

responsible for the majority of snakebite deaths in the country. It started to wrap around him,

striking at the driver's seat between his

legs. He used a seatbelt and a knife to fight it off while trying to stop the car. He thought he had

been bitten and feared for his life, since eastern brown snake bites are fast acting and fatal.

After killing the snake, he hit the accelerator and headed for the closest

hospital. To make things worse, a police officer saw him driving at high speed and pulled him over.

The man explained his predicament and the officer called for help. When paramedics arrived,

they determined that the man had not been bitten, but was suffering

from shock.

It was pretty terrifying, he admitted.

If there's a bigger understatement in today's news, I haven't seen it.

Officials from the State Fair of Texas announced yesterday that the fair has been canceled

for the first time since World War II due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In other COVID-19 news, Atlanta's mayor announced that she has tested positive for the disease.

While she says she has no symptoms, she notes, it really speaks to how contagious this virus is, and we've taken all the

precautions you can possibly take. Brazil's president said yesterday that he has tested positive

for the virus as well. There are times when we must fight the snake in the truck with no help

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