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.

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 ...

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

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