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Snake handler dies from rattlesnake bite
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:31 pm
RIP TYFYS
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Eugene De Leon Sr. died around 9 p.m. Saturday night, approximately 8 hours after he was bitten by a rattlesnake at a city event in Freer.
FREER, Texas — A rattlesnake handler has died after he was bitten at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Freer.
Freer Police Chief Hector Doria confirmed to 3News that Eugene De Leon Sr. was bitten in the shoulder around 1 p.m. Saturday. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital in Corpus Christi but died Saturday night at approximately 9 p.m.
One of the organizers of the Rattlesnake Roundup said that De Leon was performing and handling rattlesnakes in front of a crowd at the time he was bitten.
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Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:32 pm to Mr Personality
That’s what happens when your faith waivers.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:32 pm to Mr Personality
…doing what he loved
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:32 pm to Mr Personality
He died doing what he loved.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:32 pm to Mr Personality
don't get why they do that shite, they must have been snake bitten from birth
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:33 pm to James11111
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That’s what happens when your faith waivers.
Not a religious event
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:33 pm to Mr Personality
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:33 pm to Mr Personality
Did he refuse anti venom or something? Wtf
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:37 pm to Mr Personality
Bad snake venom reaction to his Covid vaccine
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:49 pm to Mr Personality
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FREER, Texas
That's true middle of nowhere Texas
Posted on 5/1/22 at 7:51 pm to Mr Personality
Posted on 5/1/22 at 8:07 pm to Dataisbeautiful
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Did he refuse anti venom or something? Wtf
Instead of being confined to an extremity, it probably went straight into his system.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 8:13 pm to Dataisbeautiful
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Did he refuse anti venom or something? Wtf
Getting bit in the torso and head is worse than an extremity.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 8:48 pm to Mr Personality
My neighbor is from around that area. Supposed to be getting me a rattle.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:05 pm to Mr Personality
TigrrrDad is....
death by venomous snakebite today.
Slow year so far - I’ve only caught 4 cottonmouths and 1 copperhead so far. I must have aggravated the frick out of the cottonmouths on my creek last year and they moved on.
death by venomous snakebite today.
Slow year so far - I’ve only caught 4 cottonmouths and 1 copperhead so far. I must have aggravated the frick out of the cottonmouths on my creek last year and they moved on.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:07 pm to Mr Personality
At least it wasn’t a Sting Ray
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:11 pm to Mr Personality
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:12 pm to Mr Personality
Immediately thought Appalachian area with the headline. Saw Texas, and it makes sense that this was a freak accident at an annual event/festival, and not religious snake handling. Basically the equivalent of an Alligator tour baw like ZZ Loupe getting bit by an alligator—surprising, but not unexpected.
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:14 pm to Mr Personality
FAFO
Posted on 5/1/22 at 9:20 pm to Mr Personality
Unusual for a couple of reasons.
1. Pit viper bites (like a rattlesnake) are not normally fatal despite movies and old wives tales.
2. I am dumbfounded that the fricking Rattlesnake Round Up doesn't have a doctor with anti venom on site. That's just crappy planning.
1. Pit viper bites (like a rattlesnake) are not normally fatal despite movies and old wives tales.
2. I am dumbfounded that the fricking Rattlesnake Round Up doesn't have a doctor with anti venom on site. That's just crappy planning.
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