The Tennessee hiker, wildlife experts stated, was likely bitten by the snake in self-defence when it was picked up.

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

A man has died after he was bitten by a venomous snake at a Tennessee state park, according to park officials.

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

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

An adventurer hiking in a popular state park has died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake, which he picked up on the trail, officials confirmed.

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 ...

"The timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and ...

The man died in a local hospital after being bitten on the hand by what officials speculate was a timber rattlesnake ...

A hiker died after a rattlesnake bit his hand when he picked up the reptile while on a trail in south-central Tennessee, local officials said. Around 12:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 8, rescue ...

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A man in Tennessee died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake.As per multiple reports, the hiker, whose identity is ...