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Copperhead Snake Bites Man Inside Arkansas Walmart
KFOR ^ | MARCH 31, 2017

Posted on 04/01/2017 2:44:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A copperhead snake bit a man Friday inside an Arkansas Walmart store, according to KTHV.

However, surveillance video later showed the man himself bringing the venomous snake into the store, a Walmart spokesperson told the station.

No one else was injured, but the snake sighting caused pandemonium, according to customer Linda Moore Mathews, who snapped a photo of the reptile as it lay coiled in the middle of a produce aisle and posted it on Facebook. “Everyone was freaking out,” Mathews said. Another woman recorded video of a man finally catching the copperhead and placing it in a Walmart bag.

The snake was de-fanged, which is usually done to snakes kept as pets, according to Jacksonville Animal Control, but the venomous glands weren’t removed.

The man was taken to an area medical center for treatment according to KTHV; his condition is not yet known.

In spring of 2016, a copperhead bit a customer in a North Carolina Lowe’s gardening department:


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: copperhead; reptiles; snakes
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Man catches snake after it bites someone in Jacksonville Walmart(Video)


That's a painful place to get bitten.

1 posted on 04/01/2017 2:44:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Was he trying to return it for a refund?


2 posted on 04/01/2017 2:46:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: nickcarraway

Did the guy who caught it get charged 10 cents for the bag?


3 posted on 04/01/2017 2:48:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickcarraway

‘The doctor says you’re going to die.’


4 posted on 04/01/2017 2:50:09 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: nickcarraway

$$$$$$$$$$$


5 posted on 04/01/2017 2:52:08 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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Nice try


6 posted on 04/01/2017 2:53:03 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: nickcarraway

Was he in the garden department?


7 posted on 04/01/2017 2:53:59 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: nickcarraway

How poisonous is a Copperhead? Nothing like a Moccasin or Rattler I thought.


8 posted on 04/01/2017 2:54:29 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: nickcarraway

Imagine the snowflake offense that would come out of stepping on its head and cutting its head off with a pocket knife.

We need a wet cleanup in produce, please.


9 posted on 04/01/2017 2:56:12 PM PDT by Delta 21 (The minority demands NOTHING !)
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You are right. No one dies from a copperhead bite but I am sure it is no fun either.


10 posted on 04/01/2017 2:56:39 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: nickcarraway

It would have taken a looooong lens to film that from the distance I would be away from the nasty thing


11 posted on 04/01/2017 2:59:12 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: nickcarraway

Several years ago, a man was bitten by a pigmy rattler in the Fort Walton, Beach Wal-Mart. They actually administer a nasty bite.

The strangest thing is he didn’t want anything out of Wal-Mart except to pay his medical bills.


12 posted on 04/01/2017 2:59:30 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: nickcarraway

I have never heard it called an “Arkansas Walmart” before.


13 posted on 04/01/2017 3:00:11 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Not tired of winning yet!)
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To: doorgunner69

“...How poisonous is a Copperhead? Nothing like a Moccasin or Rattler I thought....”

Just as bad as a rattler except you don’t get the rattle. It’s a neurotoxin venom.
Moccasins have endotoxin venom. I prefer NOT to be bitten by any of em, thank you.


14 posted on 04/01/2017 3:03:46 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: doorgunner69

Usually lots of swelling and pain in the extremity/bite area. A friend’s son got bite last year and stayed overnight in the hospital, side effects lasted a few weeks. A 2 year old got bite last year and was sick but recovered. And, a lady’s grandson got bite on the toe a couple of years ago when he went outside to talk on his cell phone to a friend privately. Needless to say, no more sandals for him in the yard!

My mom could smell them when they were close....really!! Poisonous snakes have what she called a musty chemical smell.


15 posted on 04/01/2017 3:06:38 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl
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My mom could smell them when they were close....really!! Poisonous snakes have what she called a musty chemical smell.

The guy that was our guide in the Panama jungle for some testing some years back said he could smell them. My arsehole boss claimed he was just trying to be dramatic to justify his pay, but it sounds like it could be true.

16 posted on 04/01/2017 3:10:08 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: nickcarraway

Copperheads smell like a fresh-cut cicumber.


17 posted on 04/01/2017 3:14:04 PM PDT by dasboot (Kurt was so ahead of his time.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Did the guy who caught it get charged 10 cents for the bag?”

One would think the author would have viewed the video ...


18 posted on 04/01/2017 3:18:32 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: doorgunner69

Bad enough. Grew up with all three around our home and farms. Had several encounter with mocs and coppers. I was always told the babies are just as poisonous. We always had a hoe handy. Off with their heads! And, yes, they can still bite after that. Daddy had a gun handy for the rattlers.


19 posted on 04/01/2017 3:20:51 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, there’s a 10c deposit for them in arkansas


20 posted on 04/01/2017 3:23:09 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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