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

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

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.

First responders were called to the Savage Gulf trailhead off 55th Avenue in Gruetli-Laager Friday around 12:30 p.m.

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A man has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in a Tennessee state park. Authorities say the hiker was ...

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

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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 man died after being bitten on the hand by the reptile after he picked it up while hiking on a trail at the Savage Gulf ...

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 ...