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re: Tennessee hiker spots timber rattler, picks it up, gets bit, and dies
Posted on 8/15/25 at 8:31 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
Posted on 8/15/25 at 8:31 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
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Dying slowly from the venom would be even worse
Yes, but dying from a venomous snake bite in the US is rare. Your odds are really good that you make it, with hospital frick ups due to inexperience being your main concern. If you have an allergy, your odds are slim.
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Posted on 8/15/25 at 8:32 am to LegendInMyMind
Who the frick picks up a rattle snake???
Posted on 8/15/25 at 8:55 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Snake farm
Posted on 8/15/25 at 8:58 am to LegendInMyMind
1 in 600 rattlesnake bites result in death. This was definitely an aggressive reaction.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:00 am to Corriente Kid
it got its charms
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:02 am to wackatimesthree
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I'd say that pretty much everybody but a damn mongoose is allergic to snakebite.
Would you say that everyone is allergic to wasps, because it hurts and leaves a welt?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:03 am to CamdenTiger
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I wonder if he received anti venom? Cause that has been the cause of a lot of deaths from it’s sensitivity reactions?
It can go either way. My friend that got tagged by the Eastern diamondback last December had an immediate allergic reaction to the venom. though he had previous bites from a pygmy rattler (treated with antivenin) and a Trans-Pecos copperhead (untreated). Repeated exposure can make one more susceptible to allergic reactions.
Another friend recently got bit by a Trans-Pecos copperhead, and he had an allergic reaction to the antivenin. Had to be transferred to another hospital and was then treated with a different type of antivenin.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:14 am to terd ferguson
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Came across one on the AT when I heard it start rattling right next to my foot. I cut its head off with a knife
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definitely did not attempt picking it up... thats just dumb
How did you manage to cut its head off with a knife safely? You pinned it down with a stick or something?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:25 am to AthensRattler
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When someone dies quickly from a timber rattlesnake bite, its very likely that they just happened to be allergic to the venom.
I had a cousin that was bitten by a rattlesnake and damn near died from an allergic reaction to the anti-venom that they administered at the hospital.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 9:51 am to Tantal
Another guy I know got tagged by a small timber rattler a few weeks ago and went into a seizure. Had no localized swelling at the bite site, but had a seizure.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:05 am to terd ferguson
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I cut its head off with a knife, took the rattle, and left his carcass on a rock as a warning to other snakes.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:05 am to East Coast Band
The name might have started as gulley and map makers weren't always all that careful about names.
I was over in Sequatchie Valley and looking for access to a particular rock outcrop.
The local farmer told me that wasn't the name of that Ridge, it was something that sounded like that but that the map was wrong. (He owned it so I guess he knew.)
I was over in Sequatchie Valley and looking for access to a particular rock outcrop.
The local farmer told me that wasn't the name of that Ridge, it was something that sounded like that but that the map was wrong. (He owned it so I guess he knew.)
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:28 am to TigrrrDad
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Another guy I know got tagged by a small timber rattler a few weeks ago and went into a seizure. Had no localized swelling at the bite site, but had a seizure
Are you sure he had a seizure or did he just go into shock?
Posted on 8/15/25 at 10:36 am to Spankum
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hiker appeared to have died from an allergic reaction
He sneezed to death
Posted on 8/15/25 at 11:27 am to SUB
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How did you manage to cut its head off with a knife safely? You pinned it down with a stick or something?
Stepped on it's head and chop chop. When I heard it and looked down it was right by my foot... I figured if I moved it might strike so I went for the head. I wanted to kill it before some other hiker walked by and got bit.
Posted on 8/15/25 at 2:30 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
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Pretty much is
Loving the Ray Wylie appreciation in this thread.
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