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, authorities said Friday.

A tourist was walking down a trail in Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee when a rattlesnake believed to be a timber ...

The victim, who was not identified, was hiking at the Savage Gulf State Park -- about 60 miles northwest of Chattanooga -- ...

The unidentified male hiker, who was in Tennessee’s Savage Gulf State Park on Aug. 8, picked up what was likely a Timber rattlesnake, which has “venom potent enough to kill a human,” but whose “bites ...

Matthew Griffith of the Grundy County Emergency Management Agency said a Timber rattlesnake is believed to have been involved ...

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

An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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