In Bihar, India, a man named Santosh Lohar was bitten by a snake while he was working on railway tracks. Believing a local myth, he bit the snake back twice, thinking this would stop the venom. The snake died, and his colleagues quickly took him to the hospital.

Dr. Satish Chandra Sinha treated Lohar, and he was able to go home the next day. Dr. Sinha said, "He responded well to treatment." It is not known what kind of snake bit him. In India, many people die each year from snake bites.

In another incident in Indonesia, a woman was swallowed by a large python, but sadly, she did not survive.