Last December I was riding in a park area near my house in Bangkok. My friend was riding in front of me and I was maybe 2-3 metres behind him. He startled this water monitor lizard and it turned and started running across the path back to the water. Unfortunately it ran right across me and I ran right over it. I thought me and the bike were both going down but I managed to keep the bike upright. Their bodies are extremely hard, like a moving speed bump. Below are a couple of photos of the lizard I ran over. I might add I have ridden over countless snakes, mainly boa's and python's, many times on my mountain bike off in the forest areas and also near farming areas in Thailand.
