Man From Australia Loses His Job After Speeding Because There Was A Snake In His Car
“My boss called me and said I didn’t have a job anymore.”
A routine drive turned into a nightmare for one Australian man when he spotted a snake in his vehicle and hit the gas on the way to the hospital. James “Jimmy” Canhan, from Boyne Island, was clocked at 80 mph in a 60 mph zone before police pulled him over and found him panicked behind the wheel.
Officers later filmed the tense roadside encounter, as Jimmy explained that he believed the snake in his truck had bitten him. What happened next left him shaken, jobless, and suddenly famous for all the wrong reasons.
Now the speeding ticket is only part of the story, and the fallout has been much bigger than he expected.
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The driver claimed that the snake had slipped into the car through the gearbox and started to wrap around his legs; he quickly took his work knife and managed to fight it off.
The police officers immediately called the paramedics, who arrived quickly and examined Jimmy. They concluded that Jimmy had not been bitten, but he was in shock.
It’s also like the roommate who debated whether they should remove their pet snake without permission.
Queensland Police Service/FacebookThe video quickly went viral, garnering more than one million views in just a couple of days. Unfortunately, this online fame has cost Jimmy dearly.
He was fired from his job after the incident, which also meant he lost the company car after selling his own.
“My boss called me and said I didn’t have a job anymore when I was just spending time with my daughter Annabelle, who lives with her mum in Townsville, and didn’t have work anyway,” he said.
“I had a company car, so I sold my own car, and now I’m left with nothing to drive. So now I’ve got no job, and I have my daughter to help support.”
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He added:
“My dog needs to go to the vet for his ear, and I just want to get my finances sorted out to pay for it.” Jimmy said he was “facing death either way” - from driving fast or being bitten by a poisonous snake.
“I just had to calculate my own survival; it was just the primal instinct that came to me,” he said. “I had no other thoughts in my head but to get this thing out of here.”
We all hope he will find a new job soon…
For more snake-in-the-house drama, see the roommate who bought one against agreement.
