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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hiker dies after snakebite in TN park; may have had venom allergy. Officials say he picked up the snake, triggering a fatal defensive strike.

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 ...

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

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