The timber rattlesnake carries venom that is potent enough to "kill a human." "The timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and ...

A hiker in a Tennessee state park died after picking up a rattlesnake that bit him in what was a rare fatality arising from a snake bite, the authorities said Friday. The hiker, a man who was not ...

A hiker was killed by a rattlesnake after he made the mistake of picking up the venomous reptile. The unidentified male hiker, who was in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park on Aug. 8, picked up what ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A hiker in a Tennessee state park died recently after picking up a rattlesnake that bit him on the hand. The hiker, a man whose name was not released, was in Savage Gulf State Park in ...