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

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

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

A hiker has died after being bitten by a snake in a popular state park, The New York Times reported. The incident marks one of the rare instances of a fatal snake bite.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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 lost his life after a venomous snake bit him in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park on Friday, an official said.