In a heart-stopping moment, a man narrowly escaped what could have been a fatal snake bite—thanks to his cap. A now-viral video captures the chilling incident where a venomous krait (as identified by netizens) lunges at a man’s head while he is casually talking on the phone. The snake slithered from the fence to his head, but all it managed to grab was the man’s cap. Instead of biting him, the reptile only stole the person’s accessory.
The six-second-long footage showed the snake approaching the man and leaving him shocked. The video opened by showing the man busy on a phone call and being absolutely unaware of the threat. He didn’t realise the krait crawling over his cap, unless it pulled the object off his head.
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Snake steals man’s cap
The snake lunged at his head attempting to strike, but it didn’t sink its fangs on the man’s skin. While it could have been a deadly attack, the krait only picked the cap and pulled itself off. The lucky man got aware of the situation soon after the cap went off his head. He might have believed someone took off his cap as a prank at first, but he witnessed what actually happened after turning behind at spotting the krait.
The video recorded the moment when the man turned his head and spotted the snake holding his cap.
X users reacts to viral video
An X user posted the footage on social media and captioned it, “He was saved by the cap”. The internet hailed the man to be lucky. They agreed that the cap became his saviour and foiled the venomous snake’s attempt to bite him.
The location of the incident is not known, but the X video has gone viral and received more than seven lakh views. The jaw-dropping moment captured in the video got people talking.
“He is a lucky man”, an user commented on the video.
“New fear unlocked. I shall continue to wear my caps more”, second user wrote.
“That hat just did more work than a helmet!” third user noted.
