Tim Friede was frequently featured in television and newspapers with his madness. The madman’s goal is to develop an antidote to deadly poisonous snakes. To this end, he deliberately bit himself into snakes hundreds of times. Tim Friede has officially died after being bitten by a highly venomous cobra snake twice!
IT ALL STARTED IN 2001
The 53-year-old former truck mechanic from Wisconsin, USA, died in 2001 from the bites of two venomous cobra snakes. The man whose heart stopped was brought back to life thanks to the hospital authorities. From that day on, he devoted his life to finding an antidote to venomous snakes.
The man, who was bitten by two cobras in an hour, said it was “no fun”. Tim Friede’s ambition gave him the opportunity to now work in the vaccines department of a private pharmaceutical company.
“ALL PAIN”
Tim Friede, who is on a program at National Geographic, said, “Every bite is painful. “It’s like a hundred bee stings,” he said. The madman says his work is vital. He also added that he will not stop until he finds the antidote.
MORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE DIE
According to a 2020 study from a group of universities, including Oxford University; There were about 1.2 million snake bite deaths in India between 2000 and 2019, with an average of around 58,000. The report also shows that about a quarter of these deaths occur in children under the age of 15.
Because of these statistics, Tim Friede says his work is vital, “Hospitals can be very far from the victim. Such an antidote could save millions of lives.”