Man arrested for biting 'snake-possessed' son to death

errrrrrrrrr,........ummmmm

I will think more carefully before pretending to be and animal of any sort in front of my baby

Just another Friday in Japan]

Really? This is going on Reddit.

Wow.... even among the usual crazy murder stories, this one stands out.

biting him? geez, maybe a slight wack on the head for pretending to be a snake. Some weirdos out there.

What?

I didn't think the article would be able to live up to that headline, but...holy hot hell.

Couldn´t a 23 year old defend himself from such a crazy father ? At least run away?

Couldn´t a 23 year old defend himself from such a crazy father ? At least run away?

How could he punch back?? Snakes don't have arms

I wonder, quite seriously, if the son wasn't a little bit obsessed with the Harry Potter films and books which led him to flip like this....

There is a need to establish a Phyco Help Line for Japan....

What the $%&@ is this all about!?!?!? I have read pretty weird stories in my life, but this one takes the cake! He did what to who because of what? Seriously?

Must have been an unusual family, to say the least!

were they both smoking bath salts?

"Couldn´t a 23 year old defend himself from such a crazy father ? At least run away?" Can't run away, he is a snake ...

Hmmm.... Okay, weird (if tragic) story. This has to be one of the strangest cases or murder JT has reported.

Bear in mind that we only seem to have the fathers word for it that the boy was writhing around on the floor acting like a snake. But whatever the reason, it sure beats the usual "he stole the remote from me" excuses.

Weird story, but did the son really die from bites and a head butt? I suppose the head butt could have done it, but there was something else at play, such as drugs??? Anyone else feel it doesn't add up?

So....he bit his son to death? Are you sure the father wasn't the one pretending to be the snake? Why the hell would he bite him to death....lol

Well, it IS the year of the snake you know! Seriously though...someone had to die? Needless!

@pajamas

Exactly. This is way too weird for the father's explanation. I'm getting disturbing ideas about bizarre incestuous role-play gone horribly wrong....

Harry Potter?

I dont comprehend this article?

this is funny...53 biting 24 yr old to death...cannibalism, maybe bathsalts...maybe

Ya, is this some year-of-the-snake-joke?

It sounds to me like with all the biting and writhing going on, the son took after the father.

Chandra Lindmark:

" Couldn´t a 23 year old defend himself from such a crazy father ? At least run away? "

Not if he is convinced he can only slither...

Resident Evil!

Isn't there a snake cult or something in Japan? Seem to recall something about it...

This headline should be:

Crazy man kills crazy son in crazy way.

I think the real question is if this man would attempt to headbutt and bite a real snake.

This has to be the weirdest news story on JT for me. I'm still trying to imagine this.

one of the weirdest stories I have ever read here. thank you.

There is a need to establish a Phyco Help Line for Japan... thought it was called "Suicide Hotline"

I wonder if the father had attacked the son (or others) in the past. This sounds way too violent to just happen out of the blue. He must be very disturbed to do such a thing.

Very strange, even by Japan standards. Perhaps bath salts were involved?

Weird.

I wonder, quite seriously, if the son wasn't a little bit obsessed with the Harry Potter films and books which led him to flip like this....

And that made his father, who didn't see Harry Potter, bite him and headbutt him to death? Give Harry Potter a break, will you? Or at least blame it on some mongoose film his Dad saw, since he was evidently the aggressor here.

Best exchange of the week.

So did he get the snake out of his son's mind?

Who's crazier, the son or the dad? Sounds a bit fishy... the son being mentally unstable, probably from things his father did to him or made him do. Abuse, neglect, etc.

Too much cheap sake make you do some crazy stuff.

must be good weed.

So they were both equally mad. To think yourself possessed by a snake and being bitten to death by your own father would have landed both in a ward. Now, instead, one's dead and the other's in prison. What stupid outcome...