ABC Feeds<p>Woman faces 'worst nightmare' bitten by an outback king brown<br>By Dunja Karagic</p><p>When Catherine Ridley was bitten in her blanket by a highly venomous snake in a remote West Australian desert community it began a frantic dash of more than 70 kilometres to reach medical help.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/woman-bitten-by-an-outback-king-brown/105634640" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/wom</span><span class="invisible">an-bitten-by-an-outback-king-brown/105634640</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AnimalAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalAttacks</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/IndigenousAustralians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousAustralians</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/DunjaKaragic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DunjaKaragic</span></a></p>