GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVC) — A hiker at Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County was bitten by a snake on the trail and ...

Hiker who died after being bitten by venomous snake in Tennessee made fatal mistake, officials believe - The man died in a ...

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

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

A hiker is dead after he was bitten on the hand while picking up a rattlesnake on a trail at the Savage Gulf State Park in ...

Matthew Griffith of the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency said a Timber rattlesnake is believed to have been involved ...

A man died in Tennessee after getting bitten by a rattlesnake that he picked up on a hike, local authorities said ...

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 ...

Safety tips for hikers include carrying a walking stick to help move a snake away from the trail and being alert when sitting near benches or rocks.

The hiker, who was not identified, was about a half-mile down the trail at Savage Gulf Park when he was bitten.

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

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