A hiker and his family went for a walk on a park in bern Oberland. Close to the Engstlensee shore they stopped to prepare their lunch and this is where he was bitten. He fell close to where two 55cm-long vipers were. Since they were preparing to copulate they didn't really enjoy being disturbed and bit his index finger.
A helicopter was sent, of course, this is Switzerland! And he didn't die, though it could had been very dangerous if he were a young child. The doctor that saw him said he was saved because he kept calm and like this the poison didn't spread.
Viper bites are extremely rare here. The last death due to it happened in 1961. It still exists thousand of Swiss vipers, but at an altitude between 1500 and 2300m. Generally they "listen" to the vibration of intruders and run...but in this case...poor hiker, maybe he thought it was a sausage for his lunch.
Source: wikipedia, 20min.
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