A snake man who was bitten by snakes more than 172 times. Bill Haast was born in December 30th 1910 at Peterson, New Jersy. At 11 he was interested in snakes and the same he was bitten by small timber rattlesnake while try to capture but he was recovered without any medical treatment. At 15, he started to extract venom from the snakes. He was director of Miami Serpentarium Laboratory located in South Florida. He extracts snakes venom for medicinal purpose and other research uses in his Serpentarium. While he starts Serpentarium he holds 500 snakes with 400 cages.
Haast was bitten by Small Timber Rattlesnake (1921), Four-foot Copperhead (1921), Blue Krait (1954), Cobra bite - 20 times (1950’s), first deadliest snakes King Cobra bite (1962) and also he was bitten by Green mamba.
His interview in Floride Trends (2008) "Aging is hard. Sometimes, you feel useless. But I always felt I would live this long. It was intuitive. I always told people I'd live past 100, and I still feel I will. Is it the venom? I don't know." Bill Haast turned 100 and died at June 11th 2011.
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