A hiker lost his life after a venomous snake bit him in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park on Friday, an official said.

A hiker is dead after he was bitten on the hand while picking up a rattlesnake on a trail at the Savage Gulf State Park in ...

A hiker suffered a fatal snake bite in Tennessee after picking up a Timber rattlesnake near the beginning of a trail in ...

A hiker died at Savage Gulf State Park in south-central Tennessee after he was bitten on the hand by a venomous rattlesnake.

Witnesses told officials that the man picked up what is believed to be a timber rattlesnake before it bit him.

The hiker, who was not identified, was about a half-mile down the trail at Savage Gulf Park when he was bitten.

A hiker on a Tennessee trail was ridiculous enough to touch a wild animal, picking up a rattlesnake that predictably bit him.

A man died in Tennessee after getting bitten by a rattlesnake that he picked up on a hike, local authorities said ...

About five people die from venomous snake bites each year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease ...

A man has died after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in a Tennessee state park. Authorities say the hiker was ...

The man died in a local hospital after being bitten on the hand by what officials speculate was a timber rattlesnake ...

Copperhead snakes are pit viper snakes found in multiple states across the United States. Their presence in Tennessee is higher in more rural areas, such as the Smoky Mountains.