A heartbroken man has married his pet SNAKE - as he believes it to be his dead girlfriend reincarnated.

playThe newly-married 'couple' enjoy a trip out together


 

The boyfriend, who has not been identified, is said to have been devastated when his lover passed away five years ago.

playLike feeding the ducks - hopefully, not feeding on them...


 

But he perked up when he spotted a snake with a ''striking resemblance'' to the girl and believed she had come back to life as a serpent.

playThey are probably a dab hand at board games like snakes and ladders


 

He now spends his life with the 10ft long cobra believing it is his dead lover - following the Buddhist idea that people can be reincarnated as animals.

playA trip to the fairground is more fun when there are two of you


 

Worranan Sarasalin from Kanchanaburi, Thailand, said: ''Real love is true.

"This man believes that his girlfriend reborn again as this white cobra after she passed away few years ago.

playThey even work out at the gym together, kind of...

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