Mercilessly killed by a thought!

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Surviving Africa

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@heavenbound45 8 ай бұрын

Thoughts lead to actions. That's why the Bible says that bad company corrupts good character.

@zybyz 8 ай бұрын

We become the average of the ten people we surround ourselves with the most.

@bendeleted9155 8 ай бұрын

Another outstanding edition of Surviving (or not) South Africa. 👍

@treetheodore6906 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your interesting stories & statistics. May you & yours experience awesome health & happiness!

@stevec9669 8 ай бұрын

That's what "scared to death" means!

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

It sure does .

@Frank_Costanzas_Lawyer 8 ай бұрын

This story reminds me of Broken Heart Syndrome, in which a sudden, extreme release of stress hormones can significantly affect the way blood flows to the heart. It is potentially fatal to those already in a weakened state.

@fasted8468 8 ай бұрын

Aborigines are prone to that. As well as Africans. Namely any culture that is perverted by demons and fallen angels.

@christinemcdonald8705 8 ай бұрын

I subscribed because of Winston but I stayed because like your story’s on snakes. Not really the dying part but that’s part and parcel I guess. You have some stories.

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

I most often feel the lessons I have learnt when I recount the event to others , like I am teaching myself . Perhaps it will help others to recognise danger etc . The stories may therefore be of use to those who hear them . The tragedies and other drama shows the tenuous nature of life which is a lesson in itself . But personally I don’t like the bad stuff either .

@ravenfeader 8 ай бұрын

Indigenous Australians would expire within hours when the "judge" pointed the bone at them , quite a common thing back in the day and modern doctors that studied this over many years were baffled by it . The findings were simply that healthy adults willed themselves to expire because of their beliefs .

@jarnMod 8 ай бұрын

I see that as a placebo effect. Now it is well documented and still studied. I've one distant relative who was a strict vegetarian. Been vegetarian for decades. One day he fell ill. He didn't believe he was ill. He was vegetarian. Vegetarian doesn't get ill, and that's what he told me. Vegetarian only gets old and old is not ill. Then, Google happened. He used Google to search for his sluggishness and some sort of cancer came up. He told me about it, and I could see him whiter away. He died in that week. Forensic said he died because he had too low protein. I don't recall the name of the condition. No cancer was found. Basically, he placebo himself to death. Meanwhile my laborer got himself some hornet larvae for dinner. He made mistake and got stung all over. He also had allergic reaction. While I called for ambulance, his mother got a king cobra whiskey (it's some sort of super med in SEA) and got him to sip it. The dude didn't even need real medicine afterwards. I know because there was no hospital bill. So, in this context, where it is body reaction, thought can kill, and heal. As for panic hitting family members, I might call that a lack of thought. Is he the killer a man who think or a man who react without thinking? In Asia there was once a concept of one losing oneself and that can indeed reduce penalty. I'm not sure there is such concept in Africa. So is the man killed because he thinks, or because he didn't even think?

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Well if a persons capacity is diminished through extreme fear whilst he is trying to do the right thing it will certainly count in his favour . Interesting comments . I might like to try the King Cobra Whisky provided the King Cobra was not in the glass at the time .

@williamwelch7 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Frederick. It's the same reason that some people are healed by their shaman, they believe the shaman will heal them. So, the mind is more powerful than most realize...

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Since it appears that all activity has its origins in thought I guess the nature of the thought is important . Great comment .

@pollystemen7219 8 ай бұрын

In Guyana SA they have a snake called a two step snake. He bites,you get two steps and your dead. So thought it meant you only have time to look up and see the roof of the village and your dead. Our pastor was in Guyana as a young man and the story about the two step snake was ,a pastor in the jungle there was bitten just as he got to the home of a sister of the church. He stepped in the door and told he’d just been bitten and she replied “Praise the Lord,Brother!” He answered “Praise the Lord Sister! “ and he went on about his buisness. The moral is ,when you don’t have any options ,but to ask God for a miracle,your more likely to see a miracle than a person in a first world country who is going to try and get to the ER and never stop and ask for the miracle. It’s not a fable,but told as a first hand true story. From that pastor to my pastor.

@aqhasassy 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I would likely die of shock or heart failure. I’m terrified of snakes. Feeding backyard birds attracts rats & snakes. No mambas here in Georgia, but running loose in Florida. Florida has become a natural drive thru Zoo.

@pollystemen7219 8 ай бұрын

Floridian here. I don’t think we have mambas loose. We have pythons crawling out of the Everglades and eating our alligators!

@masterq2.033 8 ай бұрын

@pollystemen7219 A few nile crocodiles on the loose as well.

@robbertram3310 8 ай бұрын

I’ve spent countless hours out in the Glades. I’ve never heard of mambas out there, but I have heard tales of a a very large king cobra. I first heard this rumor back in the late 1980’s and the rumor persisted for years.

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

No . Don’t believe any mambas in Florida . King cobra story is interesting . Who knows what will turn up there next .

@robbertram3310 8 ай бұрын

@@fredericksterzel8405 - with all of the exotic pets in S Florida owned by drug dealers and the stupidly rich, I’m surprised there aren’t tigers stalking around in the Glades. The pythons are bad enough. My son and daughter both live in far west Miami and it’s a regular occurrence seeing large pythons eating dogs, cats and raccoons. And, because of the iguanas and other import lizards you never hear birds or parrots anymore. It’s very sad.

@Salmon_Rush_Die 8 ай бұрын

"Fear is the mind-killer." -- Frank Herbert

@fasted8468 8 ай бұрын

Demons live in the secret places, the parts we dare not look, behind our fears, not in our faces, in shadows heart forsook.

@billbillson3129 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you for making and sharing!! Best wishes to you and your family from Texas!

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Thanks . And to you in Texas .

@scarborosasquatchstation1403 8 ай бұрын

Thanks my friend for these amazing snake tales from South Africa... Yes the shock did kill them after the fact.. Always wondered why the triage nurses wondered aloud if I was suffering from Shock, during several trips to the emergency ward,,, ! Alright now I myself did save a chap not once yet twice from suffering a heart attack... due to the tragic shock of surviving unscathed during a horrible traffic accident... swear was being called upon from a higher power to intervene and save this man in crisis..!!! Thanks -Tom/Scarboro

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Your comments are loaded . You must have gone through some memorable events .

@scarborosasquatchstation1403 8 ай бұрын

@@fredericksterzel8405 : Yes I have my friend its been a lifetime of high strangeness...now I also wondered if the same took place for yourself Frederick - If a guardian angel is watching over you at all times ...! Thanks ❤

@scarborosasquatchstation1403 8 ай бұрын

@@fredericksterzel8405 : Yes I may tell the tale of the 9 foot Bull Shark brushed up against my upper thigh leg, as it swam by me while I stood dead still till it passed by...then did the 100 yard dash in 10 seconds while chest deep in water ..! lol ❤🐋

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

I watched bull sharks do things that gave my goosebumps goosebumps . You must be fast .

@scarborosasquatchstation1403 8 ай бұрын

@@fredericksterzel8405 : Yes I did the count slowly mind you 1 - 2 - 3 to 10 before bolting for the beach 🏖️… The shark 🦈 felt like sandpaper on my leg thigh, when brushing past me it felt sort of electrified the sensation… Yes I was in the water 💦 with a group of people .. freaked me out big time … knew better once hit the beach safely , looking back at the water i seriously debated inside my mind if I should call ☎️ out the warning ⚠️ waited a few minutes then decided against to start yelling SHARK 🦈 .. out of fear causing widespread panic 🙀 and possibly someone else getting bitten..! Obviously the shark 🦈 was only interested in myself at the time. Thank God ..!!!

@altontisdale2689 5 ай бұрын

Respect from the north carolina mountains, found a snakeskin in the house when tidying up today

@SurvivingAfrica 5 ай бұрын

Oh wow

@kevinwalsh336 8 ай бұрын

I wonder how many would have survived if they watched your show last week about not having fear as a child (growing up around snakes/ wild life) because no one put that fear into you. Thanks!

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Good point .

@timwolfe6869 8 ай бұрын

I’ve never had a fear of snakes even when my parents told me I should be scared of snakes I’ve always had a fascination with snakes!

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Interest and reason make a powerful team .

@timwolfe6869 8 ай бұрын

@@fredericksterzel8405 yes sir

@jeffwolfe191 7 ай бұрын

Everything's on a sent trail😮

@Awakeandalive1 8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of when i lived in Kunayala in Panama -- they had those huge bird-eating spiders, and everyone always panicked when they saw them to the point of taking extremely stupid action, but the real threat was the tiny highly-venomous banana spiders...

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

ITS TRUE . People ignore deadly bacteria but panick when a large harmless insect turns up .

@kathycooper3594 8 ай бұрын

Good morning 🌞

@shelleylane7474 Ай бұрын

I love your stories, thank you from Australia 🎉

@brandywell44 8 ай бұрын

It is a story that I have heard from two trusted people, my own Father and a neighbour. That as death approaches the soul leaves the body to go just high enough over the physical body. It can see and hear from above and has emotion. In both case my Father and neighbour came back from the brink of death and told the tale of their experience. There are also many stories on YT of near death experiences where people came back to tell their experience. So the legend that a snake bite victim may see the roof of his home before death is corroborated.

@antonyloc 8 ай бұрын

I’ve been stung by a swarm of bees before and it wasn’t as painful as I’d imagined it would be. They were the small tame type in the north but all my life, I’ve been deathly afraid of bees so I can imagine the psycological fear making things out to be worse and going into shock. Do snakes cause anaphylactic reactions?

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

They do . A friend of mine hired a young man to work at his venom extraction farm . A Black Mamba managed to twist and just scratch one of his fingers with a fang . He was dead in minutes . That was severe sensitivity to the venom , not anaphylaxis but venom and serum can have the effects you mention .

@richhh9000 8 ай бұрын

Amazing story. You are a fantastic storyteller!

@stst77 8 ай бұрын

I have a question for the Q&A. What does a snake bite feel like? And it seems like half the people believe you should tie something tightly above the bite to prevent the blood from reaching the heart and then suck out the poison while others say that’s hogwash, don’t do that. Which camp are you in? When i was a child, my mom said a snake bite just feels like a briar scratch, you barely notice it. But she also told me child birth doesn’t hurt so I don’t think she’s a reliable source although i do believe she said this with the good intentions of preventing fear. Back then everyone was in the suck out the poison camp.

@Bull3tBikes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mr Sterzel for yet another interesting story, is that a new haircut? Looking very fresh. Cheers

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

New haircut for sure 😊 .

@Grace.allovertheplace 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@heavenbound45 8 ай бұрын

I love this verse in the Bible about overcoming fear. Psalm 34:4 - I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

@stst77 8 ай бұрын

I am going to write that down. Thank you for sharing.

@heavenbound45 8 ай бұрын

I am so glad it helped you. I need to read that God is greater than my fears. It gives me hope.@@stst77

@terrylucas630 8 ай бұрын

Good morning sir. Sooo happy to see your content. Hope all is well and only getting better and better.

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Thank you terry . Things are good and show promise for the future .

@caseclosed9342 8 ай бұрын

Sad so many people in South Africa have to live in those huts when their billionaire politicians live in mansions…

@robbertram3310 8 ай бұрын

As I’ve aged my fear of heights has become more and more intense. It’s to the point now that I can’t even watch the idiots that do acrobatics on the ledges of high rise buildings. I’ve wondered if, ever put in such a situation, my fear of heights would cause me to become dizzy and simply plummet to my death. This from a guy who as a child and into my twenties would climb to the top of the highest tree and climb rock faces just for the challenge.

@stst77 8 ай бұрын

That’s odd that you would develop this fear later in life. Was it brought on by a frightful event?

@Salmon_Rush_Die 8 ай бұрын

Same here, bro. I was never afraid of heights, but now they bother me greatly. The trick is to get back up there to do what you must, then carry on & you can get past it in the moment. Afterward, of course I am always a bit shakey lol. I never fell or really even had a close call. I just started getting really nervous about being high up -- to the point of actual fear. I don't know why.

@robbertram3310 8 ай бұрын

@@stst77 - no frightening event. I’m not saying I’m very smart but I believe there’s a certain amount of wisdom that comes with age.

@robbertram3310 8 ай бұрын

@@Salmon_Rush_Die - I think the trick for me will be not getting myself into that kind of situation in the first place.

@stst77 8 ай бұрын

@@robbertram3310that’s true, but it sounds like your fear is now beyond a healthy wisdom to avoid youthful carelessness to now being a real, irrational fear that could actually be harmful. Someone in the comment section shared this scripture for fear Psalm 34: 4 “I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” If you have a belief in God, maybe this Scripture could be beneficial to you.

@eduardo3652 8 ай бұрын

What a terrible story. That's one of my personal fears, stuff falling into bed with you. I live in Arizona, and had a Bark Scorpion fall into bed with me and my wife when I was a young man. Thankfully the sting is not deadly. I just had to take a couple of days off of work.

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

It is a shocking prospect . I have shared my bed on the floor with multiple venomous snakes that were not supposed to be there . I can tell you that that got me thinking . Was it a big scorpion .

@stst77 8 ай бұрын

Animals can die from a thought too. Dudaman Dumitri was a Christian who was persecuted and to be exiled from his home during communist Romania. When he told his family his dog stopped eating and a day before he was to be exiled his dog ran off. He went to look for it and found it dead in a field with no injuries or explanation for its death. He believed the dog sensed his beloved owner was leaving and died of a broken heart. I know another case where a child had a beloved cat but the cat had an infection that caused some pain which the child didn’t understand so when the child picked up the cat the cat scratched the child and the child in anger yelled at the cat she hated it. The cat ran outside and literally died. The child felt enormous guilt because she didn’t hate the cat but even as an adult she believes her words killed the cat. I think animals understand more than people sometimes realize. As for dying from shock, I could see myself falling over dead from a non poisonous snake bite. Snakes are simply terrifying to me.

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Everyone should read The Elephant Whisperer - Laurence Anthony . He saved some problem elephants and they came to develop a deep love between him and the elephants . When he died age 61 at a conference the elephants immediately proceeded to his house . They were many hours walk from the house and arrived not long after his death . They stood there at his house in his honour for two days without eating then quietly left . This book will change your view on several things and give you a good look into South Africa . Men like him and i have shared the African bush and his stories too are extraordinary . No doubt Dudamans dog died of grief and the cat too . We had a dog that could never be taken to the vet . If any of us thought that term - vet - the dog would disappear for a day or so . Eventually we had to think - ok we wont take her to the vet - then shortly thereafter she would appear , always at a distance to make sure we meant what we thought . Animals know more than you think .

@valerieperry3480 8 ай бұрын

OK If I get bitten by a rattlesnake I'm just gonna pretend like it's no big deal. That will save me until I'm properly treated. Then i will have a mental breakdown. Also the story abt the family... that's so terrible. I can't even think abt it. Nice haircut tho .

@fredericksterzel8405 8 ай бұрын

Good theory you have . Can’t say it would work out though . Thanks about hair . No rattle snake could hide in that . Too short😊

@valerieperry3480 8 ай бұрын

Lol