HATED BY SNAKES

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11738, 28 January 1924, Page 4

HATED BY SNAKES

REMARKABLE STORY. BITTEN FIVE TIMES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 26. A snake story, remarkable even among stories of that class, is being featured in the Press. A youth, named Clifford Scholes, residing in the Albury district, five times in the past few weeks has been sent to the hospital with snakebite. The remarkable features of the case are that since the fourth bite he was carefully guarded by another boy to prevent snakes attacking him, and that the snakes were not seen by other people. The hoy himself declares that snakes smell him, and in their presence his functions become paralysed. The doctors are non-committal, as tho wounds' always received first aid treatment before they saw them. After refusing an offer of £5 by a theatrical firm for show purposes, Scholes has decided to come to Sydney to place himself outside the danger zone, being convinced that his life is endangered in the vicinity of any snakes. In proof of this he points out that nobody else on his home farm has heen attacked, and very few peeple have seen any snakes this season, and three bites were received during the night time.