Yeah, that reminds me of a documentary about a “snake specialist” who went to the indian jungle, into a temple ruin to meet and cuddle a huge ancient king cobra. She even kissed the snake on the mouth. Just seeing it on the screen was almost unbearable, all my instincts kept screaming “RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN YOU IDIOT!”, lol.
Scary, I am very sorry you had to endure that.