Man Dies After Being Bitten By Spider in Brazil

Cairu: In a shocking incident, a tourist in Brazil died after being bitten in the leg by a deadly venomous spider nesting in a restaurant's wicker chair. Reports suggested that the man fell seriously ill a day after being bitten by the spider and was hospitalised. At the hospital, he died after battling for his life for around 5 days.

According to the reports, the victim, identified as Vinicius, had been holidaying with six of his friends in Cairu, the Brazilian state of Bahia. On July 9, when they stopped for a meal at a beachside restaurant after a boat trip. As Vinicius was about to settle down on a wicker sofa, one of his friends warned him that the cane chairs are the favourite nesting spot for a local deadly brown spider.

Man Died 5 Days After Being Bitten by Spider: Reports

Not only this, the friend reportedly pointed out a spider's cocoon on the wicker but Vinicius sat there anyway. As per his friends, the next day, he fell seriously ill with chest pains and breathing difficulties and by the time they got him to hospital the flesh around the bite had begun to turn black.

Reportedly, the necrosis had begun to spread over his entire calf as the spider's powerful neurotoxin took hold.

Local media reports that he fought for his life for five days but died in hospital on July 14. One of his friends stated how he had warned Vinicius to keep away from the cane sofa at the coastside Sambass Cafe. "It was on this little wicker sofa, man. I even told the guy to take it off. That's their cocoon. He sat on the little sofa and I sat on a separate chair," he said.

Later, the cafe owner said, "This has never happened in 20 years, we have not had any news of this, no client came to us, no one looked for us, no one asked for help."

Staff are reportedly checking in-house CCTV security footage to see how and when Vinicius was bitten. It is unclear which spider bit the victim but Brazil's two brown-coloured spiders, the brown widow and the wandering spider, are among the most deadly on Earth.