This is the frightening moment a man is struck by a snake he found in his garden while mowing his lawn. Except that the actual reptile was supposed to be dead because it was cut into pieces by the machine.

"I was mowing my grass one day and I came back around I realized I had hit a snake. I got off the mower and it appeared lifeless. I tapped it with my foot and it struck at me", the victim said.

"It was shred into about 6 pieces. It was not on purpose it was a complete accident. I buried the snake after."

Such incidents are actually not uncommon.

A man in Texas was nearly killed when a rattlesnake bit him in June 2018. The snake’s head wasn’t attached to its body when it attacked.

I was mowing my grass one day and I came back around I realized I had hit a snake. I got off the mower and it appeared lifeless. I tapped it with my foot and it struck at me.

I was going to mow the grass it’s a hot sunny day in Louisiana and I was mowing I came back around for another pass and saw I hit a timber rattle snake. It was shred into about 6 pieces. It was not on purpose it was a complete accident. I buried the snake after