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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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posted on
09/30/2003 10:06:31 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: mhking
JD?
2
posted on
09/30/2003 10:06:43 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: xrp
Police say a man was bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping for shoes in a Wal-Mart store in Texas.Now THAT is a shoplifting deterrent...
3
posted on
09/30/2003 10:07:37 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(CongressmanBillyBob/John Armor for Congress - you can't separate them, so send 'em both to D.C.)
To: xrp
Now that's what I call Authentic Snakeskin Boots!
4
posted on
09/30/2003 10:08:29 AM PDT
by
Damocles
(sword of...)
To: xrp
Of, course PETA will be all over the guy for stompin' it to death...
5
posted on
09/30/2003 10:09:06 AM PDT
by
Damocles
(sword of...)
To: xrp
Dang it, you break it, you bought it!
To: Damocles
Massachusetts has rattlesnakes (believe it or not). Very protected. Kill one of those suckers and there is hell to pay around here.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:11:33 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(France delenda est)
To: xrp
Just wait till P.E.T.A hears about this. da poor wittle snakey! LOL.
8
posted on
09/30/2003 10:11:47 AM PDT
by
Gottwnz
To: xrp
We used to get some nasty mean snakes in with pallets of plants when I worked in a Floral shop in Florida a long time ago... those were fun days...
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:11:54 AM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(I like my women like I like my coffee - Hot, and in a big cup)
To: dirtboy
Yeah, they can replace all the old geezer greeters with snakes at the door. That'll save 'em a bunch of money. The snakes may have a hard time pushing the carts out to the shoppers though.
To: dirtboy
Dito dirtboy. I have a friend in West Texas that keeps a rattlesnake in a burlap bag under the passenger seat of his pickup. He has never had a problem with anyone stealing his truck.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:13:56 AM PDT
by
hook2
To: dirtboy
In the small town that my husband grew up in there was a gas station that displayed an aquarium with two rattlers in its window.
A sign on the aquarium said, "They're Out At Night". And at nighttime no snakes were in the aquarium.
No break-ins, robberies or problems of that nature ever occurred at that station.
Prairie
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:14:04 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(Pat Buchanan. RAT in sheeps clothing.)
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:14:36 AM PDT
by
mhking
(Anyone who disagrees with me is mentally ill and should be shot.)
To: xrp
Treated and released?
Last guy I saw struck by a rattler on the hand, had his hand swell up to the size of a hondeydew melon and turned black with the skin splitting and all...it was a mess and awful.
This must have been a light hit.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:14:47 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(The Lizard King it was.....)
To: 2Jedismom; Corin Stormhands
Attention Wal-Mart shoppers...
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:15:47 AM PDT
by
Prof Engineer
(HHD - Hoppe's #9 is my cologne of choice ;-))
To: xrp
Been there. Brownwood is right smack dab in the middle of prime Texas rattlesnake country. Welcome to Wal-Mart, watch where you put your hands.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:15:50 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
To: xrp
It was probably the only thing made in America in the whole store.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:16:19 AM PDT
by
Afronaut
(Zombie voters For Liberals)
To: xrp
Unless it was a Chinese rattlesnake, Wal-mart had nothing to do with it being in the store.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:16:44 AM PDT
by
per loin
To: ClearCase_guy
***where Hatchett stomped it to death.***
***Very protected. Kill one of those suckers and there is hell to pay around here.***
Yeee-Haaw! Thank God I live in Texas, where such behavior is not only allowed, but expectet!
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:17:33 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Paul was a Calvinist!)
To: Chad Fairbanks
A guy got bit by a small rattlesnake in Wal-Mart in Fort Walton Bch, Fl. a few years ago. I think the guy said he didn't intend to sue but thought Wal-Mart owed him his medical expenses.
I think this was in the plants and shrubbery area. Never did hear if Wally World paid his medical bills or not.
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posted on
09/30/2003 10:18:52 AM PDT
by
yarddog
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