Man Bitten by Rattlesnake at Wal-Mart Says He's Never Been More Scared

MYNorthwest ^ | May 14, 2012

[Windflier]

"...he was looking for mulch for his medical marijuana growing operation..."

And that little factoid it relevant to the story because.....?

[hosepipe]

good scam..... worth money...

[jtal]

He thought it was a stick, but an Eastern Washington man painfully discovered it was actually a rattlesnake in the gardening aisle of the Wal-Mart in Clarkston when it bit his hand.

Mica Craig said he was looking for mulch for his medical marijuana growing operation ....

It's hard to tell the difference between a stick and a snake when you're stoned.

[nickcarraway]

Wouldn’t it have worked better if he got bitten by a cobra at Costco?

[I see my hands]

The anti venom is very expensive.

[unkus]

His hand hadn’t swelled because he iced the bite wound, so doctors told him not to worry about it and sent him home.

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I find that hard to believe.

[miele man]

I would think it would mean he could pay cash for his treatment if the nimrod doctors had a clue about snakebites. Cannot believe they sent this man home without recognizing or realizing the type of bites he’d suffered. I would think the man told them about the rattles. At least they had anti-venom on hand (no pun intended).

[patriot08]

Hello lawsuit

[citizencon]

Too much personal information heh...

[Vendome]

hey, they good news is it was a rattle snake.

less than 10 people die a year from snake bites.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

“Mica Craig said he was looking for mulch for his medical marijuana growing operation when he reached down”

Bwahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!

Durs a perty stick dur ah think I’ll pick it up....

AAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! Dur perty stick did bited me!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The snake was obviously upset too.

It may have something to do with how often someone sees various critters, I can't imagine mistaking a rattler for a stick.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Perhaps he was stoned and that’s why he thought the snake was a stick.

[beaversmom]

We went to CO National Monument last year and my son yells in a non afraid fashion, "Hey, I've found a baby rattler!" I was kind of blowing him off, but we went to check it out. Sure enough, in the near dark, he found a baby rattler.

[entropy12]

Rattlesnakes are not around here in Western Washington State.
I am guessing the doctor’s there are not familiar with snake bites.

[luvbach1]

His hand hadn’t swelled because he iced the bite wound, so doctors told him not to worry about it and sent him home.

I find that hard to believe.

Believe it. I went to a VA hospital with a severely infected big toe made more serious by diabetes. I was given oral antibiotics and sent home. The next day the infection had entered my foot. I went to another hospital where they amputated my toe the next day, as a doc put it, "to save the leg."

[Kellis91789]

He undoubtedly sampled his own product before his shopping trip. Shouldn’t shop with impaired judgement, eh ?

[meadsjn]

Rattlesnakes - Eastern Washington

[RightOnline]

"Wouldn’t it have worked better if he got bitten by a cobra at Costco?"

...as in...a clutch of King cobras catty-corner to condiments and canned corn, concluding in a concussive, cascading cacaphony and carnage before consulting care?