Aussie motorbike rider Ben Bird is lucky to be alive after crashing into a potentially deadly wire trap while riding through a forest in Queensland.
Bird was riding his motorbike in the Amamoor State Forest, near Gympie, on Tuesday afternoon when he was unexpectedly struck around the neck by a thin piece of wire between two trees at a height most riders’ necks would be.
Some have claimed they have had similar experiences with mantraps being set along popular motorbike tracks, with some even claimed they had known people who had been killed as a result.