Hiker who died after being bitten by venomous snake in Tennessee made fatal mistake, officials believe - The man died in a ...

While thousands of people are bitten by venomous snakes in the United States each year, deaths are uncommon, according to the ...

A hiker suffered a fatal snake bite in Tennessee after picking up a Timber rattlesnake near the beginning of a trail in ...

About five people die from venomous snake bites each year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease ...

GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVC) — A hiker at Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County was bitten by a snake on the trail and ...

A hiker is dead after he was bitten on the hand while picking up a rattlesnake on a trail at the Savage Gulf State Park in ...

The unidentified male hiker, who was in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park on Aug. 8, picked up what was likely a Timber rattlesnake, which has “venom potent enough to kill a human,” but whose “bites ...

An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A hiker died at Savage Gulf State Park in south-central Tennessee after he was bitten on the hand by a venomous rattlesnake.

Park rangers said they received a distress call Friday afternoon and found the man suffering from a venomous snake bite.

Witnesses told officials that the man picked up what is believed to be a timber rattlesnake before it bit him.