66-year-old Brazilian man fights off 77-pound snake

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americ....ap/index.html

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A 66-year-old man saved his grandson from the grip of a 16-foot-long (5 meter) anaconda by beating the snake with rocks and a knife for half an hour, authorities said Thursday.

"When I saw the snake wrapped around my grandson's neck I thought it was going to kill him," Joaquim Pereira told Brazil's Agencia Estado news service. "It was agonizing, I pulled it from one side, but it would come back on the other."

While the boy was playing with friends, the snake attacked and wrapped itself around him, police officer Hudson Augusto said. Anacondas are not poisonous, but kill their prey by coiling around them and squeezing until victims suffocate.

"It brought me to the ground and bit me," the boy told Globo TV. "Then it started crawling up my neck and began suffocating me."

Mateus had to be rushed to a hospital and needed 21 stitches on his chest where he was bitten. He was later released.

Hardcore, man. I like news stories of man triumphing over ferocious beast. Makes me want a 66-year-old Brazilian grandpa. =D

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Plus there's the sheer adrenaline factor of seeing your grandson dying right in front of you. I think that would be a pretty decent motivating factor.

How ya doing, buddy?