A man was bitten by a snake (not pictured) while on the toilet (Picture: Alamy)

A routine trip to the toilet took an unexpected – and extremely painful – twist for one man when he was bitten on the penis by a hungry snake.

The unlikely tale, being reported by Ghana Web, comes just months after bizarre reports emerged of witches being banned from flying above 150m on broomsticks in Swaziland.

Unfortunate Kwabena Nkrumah, 34, was sitting on a public toilet in Ghana’s Ashanti Region when the ‘big black snake’ reportedly lunged from below and latched on to his genitals.

The porter told Ghana’s Kessben FM he almost fainted with shock when the serpent got ready to pounce again, before he fled from the toilet.




But his shouts of ‘snake, snake, snake’ caused a panic and others soon began running from the washroom in the middle of nature’s call.

Mr Nkrumah was treated at a local hospital and is currently recovering at home following his ordeal.