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Oklahoma man, 57, dies after rattlesnake bites him twice: 'Don't mess with snakes'
Fox News ^ | 5/1/2018 | Madeline Farber

Posted on 05/02/2018 4:09:38 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast

A 57-year-old man in Oklahoma is dead after being bitten by a rattlesnake, his wife said. Barry Lester was driving in Osage County on Sunday when he saw the snake in the middle of the road and decided to stop and move it out of the way, the Tulsa World reported. But during the attempt the rattler bit him — twice. “It bit his left hand, and then he put it in his right and it bit that hand too,” Lester's wife, Roberta, told the newspaper. The couple was traveling to Keystone Lake when the incident occured. “We were just going to walk and have a day outside enjoying the lake. It was his birthday,” she said. After realizing he was bit, Barry told his wife they needed to go to the hospital. The couple rushed to meet the ambulance at their Turley home, which would then take Lester to a hospital in nearby Tulsa. But then Lester's head suddenly dropped — and "that was it," Roberta said. Emergency officials tried to revive the 57-year-old but it was too late. Barry died from a “combination of the rattlesnake bite and an existing heart condition," according to the Tulsa World. Barry had wrangled snakes before, Roberta told the Tulsa World, which is why he was confident he would be able to remove the rattler from the road. But now his wife has a warning for others: "Don’t mess with snakes. If you hear it rattling, you leave it alone.”

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To: Mom MD

Exactly correct. That while keep them calm thing. Electrocuting them can only cause their heart rate and overall stress to increase, and the venom to spread more rapidly.

Thank you. Can you imagine getting bitten, and then your “friends” come at you with a taser?


101 posted on 05/02/2018 6:12:49 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Why the hell would anyone think this is a good idea???

Far-left do-gooder?

102 posted on 05/02/2018 6:14:29 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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To: Clutch Martin

“I had a basketball on the bench right behind me and I got the basketball and dribbled the snake into submission then I reached for the hoe and lopped his head off.“

I’d pay good money to see a video of that.

L


103 posted on 05/02/2018 6:17:01 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: blueunicorn6; UCANSEE2

You guys are killing me.


104 posted on 05/02/2018 6:21:15 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Terry Mross

“Cotton Mouths will attack during mating season.”

Theirs or mine?

L


105 posted on 05/02/2018 6:22:08 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

Only if your partner is a snake.


106 posted on 05/02/2018 6:23:03 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: mylife

I would never trust my life to correctly remembering a nursery rhyme. Any brightly colored red yellow and black snake I saw (which is unlikely in Colorado) would be left alone or quickly dispatched.


107 posted on 05/02/2018 6:24:54 PM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: Terry Mross

“Only if your partner is a snake.”

The ex was, that’s for sure.

L


108 posted on 05/02/2018 6:25:34 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

I have chased a rattler out of my yard with a garden hose when my gum wasn’t handy. Turns out they don’t like being sprayed with cold water....


109 posted on 05/02/2018 6:26:14 PM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: Mom MD

Red touch yellow, kill a fellow.
Red touch black, good for Jack.

L


110 posted on 05/02/2018 6:26:17 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

Got it But would you bet your life on remembering the rhyme correctly in a very stressful situation?


111 posted on 05/02/2018 6:27:40 PM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: Mom MD

I give them all a wide berth.


112 posted on 05/02/2018 6:28:02 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Clutch Martin

“Water Moccasins are ornery snakes.”

A biologist once wrote that there are only two reasons you ever see two water moccasins together: they are mating or one is eating the other.


113 posted on 05/02/2018 6:30:25 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Mom MD

“But would you bet your life on remembering the rhyme correctly in a very stressful situation?”

Nope. Any snake resembling one will get a wide berth or a quick bullet depending on the circumstances.

L


114 posted on 05/02/2018 6:30:42 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

When I was about 12, we had an old cat who had raised a bunch of kittens. One day I went into our barn to look at them and to my surprise, she had a dead rat, a stunned mouse and a dead coral snake.

She was letting the kittens play with the mouse.


115 posted on 05/02/2018 6:30:50 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: I Drive Too Fast

I think I know that song:”Twice Bitten, Once Dead.”


116 posted on 05/02/2018 6:31:41 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Mom MD

All you have to remember is “red on yellow, kills a fellow”. The red will have yellow on each side.


117 posted on 05/02/2018 6:32:58 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Mom MD

Don’t trust no gila monsters!


118 posted on 05/02/2018 6:33:30 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: I Drive Too Fast

My rule : run it over and then retrieve it for good eats.


119 posted on 05/02/2018 6:35:52 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: reed13k

Boney *** BBQ that tastes like chicken.

But why waste it?


120 posted on 05/02/2018 6:38:25 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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