Overview
- German police disclosed Monday that a 57-year-old from Bavaria died after a snake used in a hotel performance in Hurghada crawled into his trousers and bit his leg earlier in April.
- Memmingen criminal police, under the local public prosecutor, are running an open inquiry and awaiting toxicology results, with no arrests reported and no specific focus on the performer at this stage.
- Egyptian authorities told reporters they were not aware of the incident, signaling gaps in cross-border information sharing on the case.
- The hotel show involved two snakes believed to be cobras that were placed on guests, and the victim showed rapid signs of envenomation, was resuscitated on site, taken to a hospital, and later died.
- Experts note that snakes are not hypnotized by music and instead react to movement and vibration, which makes close-contact snake acts unpredictable and risky for spectators.