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A hiker suffered a deadly snake bite in Tennessee after picking up a bell snake in the Savage Gulf state park, officials at Fox News Digital said.
Matthew Griffith, from the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency, said that a wooden bell snake would be involved last Friday. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency describes the wooden bell snakes as “the largest and most dangerous of the 4 poisonous snakes of Tennessee”.
“According to witnesses, the hiker had picked up the bell snake, which led to a bite to his hand,” Griffith said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. “We think that the hiker had an allergic reaction, but all the details of [the] The real cause of death has not been released. “”
Griffith said that several agencies had responded to the scene about half a million start of the path and initiated the RCR. The hiker was taken to the hospital where he “then died of his injuries”.
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A wooden bell snake, common in southern Georgia, is in the sun in the Okefenokee state park on March 15, 2024 in Folkston, GA. (Images Megan Varner / Getty)
“The individual’s family will be in our thoughts and prayers,” said Griffith.
“As always, it is strongly recommended to have a kind of first aid supplies while taking advantage of the outdoor recreational activities and being aware of the fauna and the dangers that some wild animals can pose. If you meet a snake, just stay calm and do not try to manage it. If you are bitten, look for an immediate doctor,” he added.
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said that “the wooden bell snake is the largest and most dangerous of the 4 poisonous snakes in Tennessee”. (Scott Somershoe / Twra)
Griffith also told Fox News Digital that he had not yet been determined why the hiker had picked up the snake.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said that the wooden bell snake is “a large heavy body snake (36.0 to 60.0.0 inches long) with a large triangular head, vertical students and the characteristic nose at the end of the tail.”
A coated wooden cracadol snake is seen in the Cumberland Falls State Park forest in Kentucky. (Jim Lane / Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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He added that his “prey is killed by a poisonous bite, in which the venom is injected by fangs located in the serpent’s mouth.”
