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

Officials say a hiker died at the Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee after he picked up a venomous rattlesnake that bit him.

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

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

GRUNDY COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVC) — A hiker at Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County was bitten by a snake on the trail and ...

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