Man risks life to sneak into Snake Island where no humans are allowed to visit

Brazil's Ilha de Queimada Grande has the nickname 'Snake Island' for a very good reason, it's choc full of loads of snakes.

Fortunately for those with a phobia of that which slithers it's located 90 miles away from São Paulo so you'd have to deliberately travel there, and that's unlikely to happen by accident.

It doesn't stop people from intentionally journeying there to visit the snakes and put themselves at risk on the 106 acre island which contains around 4,000 venomous serpents.

Since there are so many venomous snakes there the island is considered unfit for human habitation, but YouTuber Miles Routledge decided that he'd go there in pursuit of content.

He's a 'danger tourist' who intentionally goes to unsafe parts of the world in hope of getting more views on his videos and he had to dodge the Brazilian coastguard just to make it to Snake Island.

Once he made landfall, Miles wasted no time in embarking on a jungle route up to an abandoned lighthouse, which he called one of the 'most dangerous' on the island.

Thankfully Miles decided to bring some form of protective gear - medieval inspired armour of course - before saying a prayer and setting off to meet his fate.

"This isn't clickbait, I'm on one of the most dangerous island in the world," he told the camera.

"Many have been to this island and very few have gotten out unfortunately."

The journey to the lighthouse, where locals allege that the occupants inside died from snake bites, saw Miles trudging through overgrown grass.

In actual fact, the lighthouse was automated in 1920 and the last human inhabitants left the island as there was no need for them to be on there any more.

Despite the island's notorious reputation, Miles encountered very few snakes on his journey. In-fact it seemed like he was more at risk of suffering from dehydration rather than a snake bite.

"It's not that bad, for the second most dangerous island in the world," he told the camera at one point.

Fortunately luck also seemed to be on Miles' side as he managed to make it off the island alive - but don't take that as an invitation to visit the island for yourself.

These days the only people who are allowed on Snake Island are research teams whose visits are government sanctioned in order to reduce the risk to human and snake life.

One of the snakes which calls the island home is the golden lancehead, which are critically endangered and have a venomous bite capable of killing a human.

Despite this and the island's reputation for danger there are no documented fatalities from snake bites in connection to the island.

Additional words by Brenna Cooper.