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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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