
Hiker made fatal mistake when encountering poisonous snake, officials believe
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A hiker who was bitten by a Timber rattlesnake at Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee later "succumbed to his injuries" at a hospital, according to officials.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
"According to witnesses the hiker had picked the Rattlesnake up resulting in a bite to his hand," Griffith said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "It is believed that the hiker had an allergic reaction, however full details of [the] actual cause of death have not been released."
Griffith said multiple agencies responded to the scene about a half-mile from a trailhead and initiated CPR. The hiker was taken to a hospital where he "later succumbed to his injuries."
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