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Man bitten by rattler while shopping at Wal-Mart
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^
| 9/30/2003
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/30/2003 10:06:30 AM PDT by xrp
BROWNWOOD, Texas -- Police say a man was bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping for shoes in a Wal-Mart store in Texas.
Douglas Hatchett of Brownwood was examing shoes on a rack when a rattlesnake concealed behind a shoebox bit him yesterday. The snake fell to the floor, where Hatchett stomped it to death.
Police, fire and emergency medical crews were called to the scene.
The 31-year-old shopper and the dead snake were hustled to Brownwood Regional Medical Center. There, the snake was confirmed as a rattler, and Hatchett was treated and released.
Wal-Mart officials say the matter's being investigated and they have no comment.
Brownwood is about 120 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: rattlesnake; snakeskinboot; surprise; wildlife; yikes
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To: prairiebreeze
They probably didn't have a serious problem with rats or mice either.
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posted on
09/30/2003 6:38:45 PM PDT
by
ChemistCat
(Ping ping ping ping ping ping PING ping pINg ping ping ping ping PING)
To: ChemistCat
I was born and raised in Louisiana, and lived in South Louisiana for the most part of my youth. I am used to seeing snakes coiled around trees overhead and swimming in the water.
Yall have never lived in fear until you have actually touched a snake.
I was walking along some creasole timbers when I stepped between them. I felt IT under my bare foot. It must be a primal instinct to just KNOW what it is and jump into the air. I did.
It was a big water moccasin.
To: All
Crotalus atrox
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
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09/30/2003 10:19:37 PM PDT
by
MikalM
To: Doctor Notes
That was a big mocassin. It looked even bigger when it escaped the shovel pinching it's head to the ground!
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10/01/2003 9:07:01 AM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Liberal = Socialist = Communist)
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