Ladbible X Whatsapp
  • iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Couple horrified after boyfriend is bitten by deadly snake and phone had no signal

Home> News

Updated 15:40 26 Jan 2023 GMTPublished 15:01 26 Jan 2023 GMT

Couple horrified after boyfriend is bitten by deadly snake and phone had no signal

He had to be airlifted to hospital

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Australia, UK News

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]

Advert

Advert

Advert

A man was bitten by one of the world’s deadliest snakes while on a camping trip in Australia with his partner.

Ben Ross, 29, and partner Georgia Powell, 28, from Hereford, were on a three-day camping trip on Fraser Island, Australia, when disaster struck. You can see footage of their ordeal here:

On the first morning of their trip, the couple filmed the stunning sunrise with their drone camera, but managed to crash it in the nearby sand dunes.

As Ben went to retrieve it, he stepped on a ‘darkish thing’ lurking in the long grass and after inspecting his ankle noticed two fang marks.

Advert

Ben said: "I changed into my trainers as it was steep ground in places, as I walked off the sand into the grass, my mind was occupied with retrieving the drone.

"I managed to find the drone at the top of the dune and made my way back down, I've watched nature shows my whole life and I'm pretty switched on with keeping my wits about me, especially in Australia.

Ben Ross, 29, and partner Georgia Powell, 28, were on a three-day camping trip.
SWNS

"I'm not sure if it was the adrenaline of getting the drone back or assuming that snakes wouldn't be at the beach but I just didn't even question it, until I stepped on this darkish thing quite deep in the grass, felt like a stabbing pain, looked down at my ankle and saw blood."

When Ben returned to Georgia, he checked his ankle and saw two fang marks, and the pair decided to call the emergency services, but this is when things went from bad to worse.

Advert

He said: "I mentioned it to Georgia and we both sort of just sat there frozen for a second, quickly realising that we had no signal to call anyone, and the tide was in so we couldn't access the beach to get back.

"I put pressure on my ankle to try and stop the blood flow.

Ben was bitten by a snake while looking for his drone.
SWNS

"Georgia ran over to a neighbouring campsite and woke up the family - it was 5.30am at this point - she explained what had happened.

"Immediately this lovely lady rushed over to me with a bite kit, she told me not to move, wrapped the bite in a bandage, circled the bite area and wrote the time of bite on the bandage.

Advert

"They had been told the day before that an Eastern brown snake - responsible for more than 50 percent of snake deaths in Australia - had been spotted just along the campsite so we needed to move.

"Her husband Dan and his friend Lloyd carried me into the back of his new Landcruiser and rushed us across the rocks, along the beach to the nearest emergency phone."

Thankfully, Ben wasn't seriously injured.
SWNS

Around 40 minutes later, they heard the sound of a helicopter manned by paramedics, and Ben was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital, Queensland, Australia, where he spent the next 12 hours.

Ben said: "The helicopter landed and they rushed me into emergency services, the snake bite procedure requires 12 hours of blood monitoring. They took bloods and hooked me up to all the monitoring machines.

Advert

"The nurses and doctors at Hervey Bay hospital were amazing, constantly checking in and keeping me updated with any information.

"They removed the bandages after a set amount of time and inspected the bite.

"Both fangs had hit the ankle bone perfectly so it didn't inject venom - a lucky escape."

  • Man issues warning over household mould after he is hit by deadly fungal lung disease
  • Woman who let boyfriend spontaneously tattoo her face has 'no regrets' after receiving backlash online
  • Woman who had nose bitten off by dog of 11 years issues heartbreaking update on future of pet
  • How residents of English village where there is no crime, debt or homelessness get by with no pay cheques

Choose your content:

an hour ago
  • an hour ago

    Man, 92, found guilty of murder of woman nearly 60 years ago in UK's 'longest cold case'

    75-year-old Louisa Dunne was murdered in her Bristol home in 1967

    News
  • an hour ago

    'Marriage destroyer' holiday hotspot where Brits 'can't stop cheating' revealed

    Time to cancel those flights

    News
  • an hour ago

    Brit ranked no.733 in world won't receive £99k prize money despite shock first round win at Wimbledon

    Oliver Tarvet won't see the money because of a sporting rule

    News
  • an hour ago

    Police in frantic search for victim's head after reality star girlfriend charged with murder

    Police believe he was killed nearly two weeks ago now

    News