Now this is a show I would have paid to see

[cnsaguy]

Indonesian pop star Irma Bule, who routinely danced with snakes and used them as part of her performance, was fatally bitten by a king cobra after stepping on it while singing her second song.

The 29-year-old was performing at a village in Karawang, West Java, on Sunday night when the incident occurred, according to the Mirror, Coconuts Jakarta and other media outlets.

The king cobra, known as Rianti, bit the singer on the thigh, injecting venom into her bloodstream. But the singer refused an antidote from the snake handler and continued to sing, seemingly unaffected according to witnesses.

“The effects were felt 45 minutes after the bite,” witness Ferlando Octavion Auzura told Merdeka, according to Coconuts Jakarta. “She vomited, had seizures, and her body seized.”

Instant karma's gonna get you....

 

[UCFWayne]

cant fix stupid

 

[USFSucks]

Darwin award nominee there

 

[EweSeaEff]

In a similar story, my buddy's mom was a groupie and got bitten by David Coverdale. Suffered a similar fate.

 

[Bob the Citronaut]

The snake sounds racist. It if was Taylor Swift or Britney Spears I bet the snake wouldn't have killed them.

 

[KNIGHTTIME^]

The snake sounds racist. It if was Taylor Swift or Britney Spears I bet the snake wouldn't have killed them.

#blacksnakesmatter

 

[therightknight]

Another dead indian. Life just got a little better.

 

[SublimeKnight]

She was a one in a million performer, which means there are about 1250 more just like her in India.

 

[goodknightfl]

Another dead indian. Life just got a little better.

did the snake play for Dallas??

 

[UCFhonors]

You guys don't get it or understand it at all. Time Mag clarified this story.

Here’s the Real Story Behind the Indonesian Singer Irma Bule, Who Died From a Cobra Bite


Like Irma, they tour rural and urban backwaters to earn a living, usually to help support their families, while dreaming of a breakthrough in Indonesia’s pop music scene.

They are usually paid a pittance. According to Irma’s fellow singer, Yeyen, girls get paid around $20 per performance (tips from the audience are extra). But, if they perform on stage with a snake, they get $25. “If there are snake dancers, there will be more audience,” Yeyen told local media. “Therefore … we have snake dancers.”

 

[Jedi.Knight]

dailymail.co.uk also noted that she had reason to believe that the cobra was both de-fanged and de-venomed, which would explain why she continued with the performance rather than seeking immediate medical attention.