I'm Alive is an American reality television series that featured death-defying stories of people determined to survive any kind of animal attacks, including reenactments by actors, although deaths had occurred.
While hiking in the woods with a friend, off-duty deputy sheriff Brandon Parker is bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake and he collapses while attempting to walk back to his truck.
Danie Pienaar, a wildlife specialist, is stricken by a black mamba while deep in the African bush, and he needs to hike to his car to drive out and survive.
Lawrence van Sertima is struck by a taipan on September 11, 2001, and the only antivenom available cannot be accessed; being a six-hour flight away, with all planes grounded due to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Farmer Vernon Diggins in South Africa is attacked by a Mozambique spitting cobra that was curled up under his pillow, his middle finger nearly needed amputation.
While doing yard work after Hurricane Katrina, teenager Patrick Dodson accidentally rips a bag full of mulch and fire ants, the contents of which are sprayed all over his legs.
A wildlife specialist and helicopter crash survivor JJ van Altena is charged by an elephant which overturns his truck, leaving him trapped underneath.
Two students, Rusty van Wert and Caleb Snow, are bitten by a cottonmouth snake after it was misidentified by a teacher and allowed to be a class pet.
Colton Reeb is attacked by a cougar on a camping trip, and Robbie Hamouda is bitten by a redback spider after he and a friend become lost in the Australian Outback.
A humpback whale rams a sailboat, leaving Eugenie Russell and her four crew members no choice but to abandon their sinking ship; Michael Alex White is bitten by a fer-de-lance while in the Guatemalan jungle.