A schoolboy has managed to survive one of the most dramatic bike crashes after falling off and landing on top of a 30-inch rattlesnake which sunk its fangs into his chest.
Ethan Vogel, from Golden, Colorado, was out on an early evening bike ride with his dad Zach on June 6 when his wheel clipped a boulder and he fell off his mountain bike. Unfortunately, he toppled onto a hidden prairie rattlesnake just off the trail.
The snake, which was lying just off the trail on North Table Mountain, chomped down on the 11-year-old's right chest, near his armpit. Horrified, Zach ditched his bike and raced over to his son.
