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.

First responders were called to the Savage Gulf trailhead off 55th Avenue in Gruetli-Laager Friday around 12:30 p.m.

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.

About five people die from venomous snake bites each year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A hiker has died from a snake bite on the Cumberland Plateau. It happened at Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County around noon on Monday. Multiple agencies sent emergency personnel to the scene.

A hiker died after he was bit by a snake in the Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County last week. Sharon Stone on the Moment Robert De Niro ‘Crossed a Line' Filming ‘Casino' ...

The man died after being bitten on the hand by the reptile after he picked it up while hiking on a trail at the Savage Gulf ...

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