ABOVE: The force is strong with this one! Hear the story from the man – or trooper – himself.
An Australian man dressed in a Star Wars costume said in a video posted on Tuesday that his armour saved him from a venomous snake bite.
Scott Loxley, is walking around Australia dressed as a desert stormtrooper (or sandtrooper) from George Lucas’ Star Wars films to raise money for charity.
The 47 year old claimed he was attacked by a “King Brown” (or Mulga) snake near Yalboroo in the northern area of the Australian state of Queensland.
Loxley said he thought the snake was dead but as he walked past the highly venomous creature tried to sink its teeth into his shins, only to be stopped short by the plastic armour of his costume.
Loxley has been walking across Australia for 279 days.
His goal is to raise 100 thousand Australian dollars (82-thousand US dollars) for the Monash Children’s Hospital in his home city of Melbourne.
According to his website, to date he has raised over 33 thousand US dollars.
A former soldier, Loxley has been filming his adventures along the 15-thousand kilometre (9 thousand mile) round trip journey back to Melbourne.
They show his close encounters with a range of animals along with his penchant for collecting and eating road kill to supplement his supplies.
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