I Was Bitten by a Western Diamondback and This Is What Happened...
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- On September 26, 2023, I was bitten on the hand by a western diamondback rattlesnake. It was one of the scariest things that ever happened to me, and definitely the most painful. This is my story detailing exactly what the experience was like, as well as some footage from the hospital.
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My mother taught me to carry a long switch on desert hikes and sweep the area in front of me. Amazing how many dive away from the hiking path.
She also successfully removed a timber rattler from my twin brother’s sleeping bag while he slept. What a woman she was.
"She also successfully removed a timber rattler from my twin brother’s sleeping bag while he slept." Whoa! That's gotta take some serious skill!
I heard the rattler and she took large rocks and placed on the bag, sectioning off the snake from my brother (we about seven I think.). She then smashed a rock down on the snake, but it shot toward the bag opening and she grabbed it. I was impressed.
@@constancecondit4349 Holy... your mom was a ding dang darned bad a$$!!! for REAL!!
@@constancecondit4349holy shit that’s wild!!!!
Good she didn’t wake him or his panic/ movement would have got him bitten. Well done momma.
Thanking for sharing your experience. I was bitten in 1979 by a rattler also. I was bitten on the ankle. Your description is spot on. It’s been about 40 years and as far as I know I have no effects from the bite. It did take years for my body to get back to normal. Toes were numb for about 7 years. The pain is a distant memory now.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
My Father was fishing at night with waders on when I was a small child. A water moccasin got in his waders and bit him over and over again before he could get it out. He was able to make it home before they were able to get him to the hospital. He was hospitalized for quite a while and when he was able to go back to work he had to go and have it debrided daily from the venom killing the tissue. He had a huge scar on his back and he developed Shingles on the scar tissue when he was in his 70's. I hope you are able to have a speedy recovery and glad you were able to get to medical care as soon as possible.
Water moccasins are vicious and aggressive. They can eat anything and will eat another snake if provoked.
Awe😢 I’m glad he made it through. I know someone In Arkansas that was bitten three or four times in the tummy while swimming by a Cottonmouth. That had to be terrifying being in waders😮
@@Kim-ev8pr I was very young at the time and it nearly killed him. He had a huge scar on his back and when he was in his 70's he got Shingles on the scar tissue. He was a tough old coot and never let it get him down. Thank you for sharing this with us.
@@pattysouza2954 Yw, shingles hurt bad enough let alone getting them on scare tissue 😞
I'd'v died for sure
Correction: I said I was given 10 cc and 50 cc of fentanyl. In reality it was probably a microgram dosage watered down with saline. 10 cc of pure fentanyl would have killed me. A former nurse just brought that to my attention.
P.S. Sorry for any other potentially inaccurate figures or statements I may have made in this video. It's hard to remember every detail with accuracy, given the condition I was in and the three weeks between the incident and recording. Suffice it to say, I am not a doctor nor a venomous snake expert; just explaining what I experienced as best as I can.
Fentanyl is measured and dosed in micrograms or mcg. So if you think you got 10 cc it was 1mcg 50 cc=5mcg. I'm a nurse and have treated patients with rattlesnake bites and brown recluse spider bite, the snake bite was worse but the spider bite possibly because we didn't know what caused the bite, took longer to heal.
Great content AA!! Can you get us some more content with a cottonmouth moccasin on your next video, I occasionally encounter these, and would like to see it, demonstrate it on someone else! Thanks
@@raymonddriggersLOL. Sure thing. Thanks!
@@arizonaadam3000 yeah I’m a landscaper and I was on my hands and knees weeding and looked up at a fatboy staring me down with in 12” of my face! Definitely would have been a death strike
Not sure how this video ended up in my feed. I am subscribed now you are amazing!! Your description is invaluable. I had no idea what it was like to be bitten. You’re step-by-step description really helps to know. I’m sorry you had to go through so much pain I deal with pain every day and I know how hard it is, may God bless you and your wife and your precious dog for all your days to come. Take care Adam.
Thank you so much!
Sweet 😊
thanks for letting us know how bad it is .My son was bitten my a rattlesnake but he was with his aunt at the time.All he has said is his arm was all swelled up.My sister took him to the hospital.
@@glendachilders "Not sure how this video ended up in my feed" - The arizona diamondbacks were recently in the world series, so maybe those two terms "arizona" and "diamondbacks" are leading random people here by the Algorithm since those terms are currently popular.
Same.new sub today
WOW! You showed up as a recommendation and what happened to you is no joke, as you’re certainly aware. I just watched a documentary on snakebites over in Africa and India and it’s unbelievable what they have to go through to get to a hospital and the shortage of antivenom due to the expense. I live in SC and some good friends up the road from me had a rattler bite their Corgi dog and she died instantly. My husband has a friend who was recently bitten on his hand by a Copperhead. The antivenom was $8,000 a vial. He was in ICU for two days and has made a good recovery. You explain your experience very well and wish you well with your recovery.
It’s amazing that pain medication didn’t help! Your description of the pain is horrific. Why would anyone free handle these snakes and risk being bitten? No thank you! So glad that you made it.
Yeah... they gave me some really strong stuff but all it did was make me drowsy and temporarily took my mind off of the pain. Those meds also wear off quickly. They were dosing pretty much every hour for the first 24 hours or so. Thanks!
if you play with venomous snakes, you need to have around 100K in disposable cash in case you get bitten. the medical industrial complex charges that much for a snake bite. they know they can get away with charging any amount when you are incapacitated. they bankrupt you and don't care if you lose your house.
@@bobs5596That’s an awful way to live without access to free healthcare. I’m an Aussie and we get free healthcare, I broke my right ankle in 2020 snapped my fibula, I had a ambulance come from 50 mins away, then surgery and 7 days in hospital, and it didn’t cost me anything,until 2 weeks after the surgery and I was billed $60 for the moonboot, that’s all it cost me, I didn’t have to pay for the crutches either. I broke my left ankle in the UK 10yrs earlier and they didn’t charge me for anything, as our countries have reciprocal healthcare agreements. I feel really bad for people who can be bankrupted by needing hospital care,it’s not right.
You have free healthcare because Australia, the UK, and especially Canada do not spend much for their own defense knowing they can mooch defense coverage from the US.
@@user-kn3qq4he7udon't know if that's true, I pay around 900$ mandatory for healtcare per momth in Switzerland. Everything over 300$ per year is then covered by healtcare.
Truly one of my great fears when out & about in snake territories. Thank you for sharing your story and I wish you a complete recovery with full use of your hand and fingers!! 😮🙏
Thank you!
I am so happy you are doing so well and healing. I am a North Dakota girl and remember back in my school years going out to some of the buttes near my home on motorcycles with my boyfriend and his friends. We would search for rattlesnake dens to catch the baby snakes to use in paperweights or pen holders. Never bitten. A few yrs later, one is those friends, about 21 y o, caught adult rattlesnakes and threw them in his dirt basement. One day, trying to get the rattlesnake out of his hay baler, he was bitten. He started for town (and hospital) and just made it. He went into cardiac arrest when he entered ER. I can’t remember how many doses of antivenin he received but I do remember he coded 5 times in 24 hrs and there was discussion re: amputation of his arm. He was discharged 2 weeks later, with both arms. His attraction to snakes ended that year. Just another interesting real story of the danger of getting up close and personal with snakes.
That's quite the story! Thank you!
@@arizonaadam3000 And best of all, it is true!
Paperweights or pen holders!
@@coachwork yep! Tourists loved them!
Young people thinking they’re immune to consequences.
I wanted to say thank you for telling us about your awful snake- bite story. I don't know if I could go through something like that but, it's good to know what it would feel like. I'm so glad that you're on the mend. Makes me think of all the people in the wild west that died from a rattlesnake bites before there was any type of antidote. Take care of yourself and your family. 🩵
Thank you!
You'd have to go through it if you're bitten...
I recently moved to Colorado, and we're starting to finally explore the area. I'm about to take the warnings about rattlers on the trails a whole lot more seriously now. Also, please don't neglect the PT for your arm. I've had several major spinal surgeries and PT really does help with helping to rebuild strength and capability after a major injury or surgery. I hope you have continued to recover, and are doing better.
Will do. Thank you!
nicotine takes the rest of the poison out of you.
@@marthaadams8326 do you have some studies to cite for that?
Dang, what a story. Your video was just a random suggestion from TH-cam but I live in Arizona and the real-life experience you shared here is invaluable. I'm glad that you seem to be healing reasonably well and I hope to God that I never end up in the same situation. All the best!
Thanks a lot. I underestimated just how bad a rattlesnake bite could be, and I'm probably not the only one. Hopefully, this vid might save some folks from doing something they'll regret. I've literally seen people pick them up in the wild, and when I think back on that now... well, even dumber and crazier than I originally thought.
We need to protect our fur babies they look after us. One place I would not live.❤
This is very informative.
My 8 lb dog warned us of a baby rattlesnake one evening. He knew it was a threat. Thankfully we were able to wash it off our patio with hose pressure and it reluctantly 😊 scurried back further into the desert.
Get well soon.
@@marypullin9865Thanks! Yeah, they're stubborn little buggers.
I grew up in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. When we were at school, we were actively taught to be afraid of snakes and spiders. Luckily I have never been bitten by either. Glad you survived this
I was stationed at Exmouth Australia, Harold E. Holt, Western Australia in 1981. Saw dangerous wildlife animals every day there, but I loved that place.
I am glad you survived and are getting better. I live 15kms from where they make the rattle snake anti venom. 2mths ago a friend of mine was driving me home from a bat meeting and he said casually that's where my daughter works. I asked what's out there because I thought Risdondale was where you got road quarry rubble. He answered that she is Biochemist that works on Rattle snake anti venom. He then told me a little into how it's processed and how they do this. It has international input as part of the process the initial produce is preprocessed sent to England for processing and sent back here to South Australia for more processing and testing before releasing the product.
Australia has the deadliest snakes in the world. The black fierce snake (no anti venom available) the and eastern king brown. On my property I have Eastern king brown and the red bellied black. The eastern king is slightly different to the one in the eastern states of Australia but just as deadly. The venom is very toxic but it has a saving grace it's fangs are not very long and it gives lower amount of venom. However the big thing is, it's always better never to be bitten at all. It's ironic that we have deadliest snakes and we make snake anti venom for a snake that doesn't even exist here. It's an astonishing fact about life it always has surprises.
Oh, interesting. Thank you, and thanks for sharing!
By the grace of God, looks like you're going to be alright. Sorry you had to go through it. Glad your dog is also safe. I couldn't live in a place with so many things like that around.
Thank you!
Where are you?
I’m Australian and the world makes fun of us with some of our dangerous wild animals. I grew up in the country and only met one snake, a dangerous red belly black who reared up at me like a cobra when I was 11 and had taken a short cut home across the creek. He didn’t react to me until I had passed him, and so it was more a defensive act to scare me off. And bloody heck, it worked. I forgot every single thing that we are taught here about backing away slowly while watching the snake. I was actually frozen in terror, especially by the rearing up at me which I wasn’t aware that they did. He could have struck when I was very close but didn’t. I ended up running like the devil was after me, and I only had thongs on my feet (flip flops to you). My mum nearly had a heart attack and checked me all over but no bite and I knew that he hadn’t struck at me. Apparently he was protecting the eggs so his reaction was quite normal and he wasn’t being overly aggressive, just letting me know he was there. I have never known anyone who has ever been bitten by a snake, which just shows that they mainly avoid us and don’t chase us down, and the country is not crawling with snakes as so many silly people believe. I’d be more terrified of a brown bear or a mountain lion than anything here, we have nothing that can attack you like that apart from a saltie and we all know not to swim near those or sharks. Am glad you’re nearly healed and that your doggy is ok.
I could never live in Australia…lol…worst thing we have in Georgian bay…Canada….massisauga rattler…
Thanks for sharing your experience! I live in bear and cougar country in the PNW in America and have seen many bears and a few mountain lions and you always see their butts running away. I have a healthy respect for them but not fear. But I think of your area and the deadly snakes and spiders (I think) scare the crap outta me! Not enough to keep me away though if I had a chance to come to your amazing country!! It really seems like a magical place.
I would have ran like that also. Lol. Any snake gives me the creeps. Ugh
From Cairns nq 30 year land scraper never seen any snakes seen a lot of crocs😂 moved to Florida this place scary seen all kinds of snakes bobcats yellow jackets gators bull sharks and the lightning strikes damn people always ask about home I say way safer but I know what to expect there went to new Hampshire in the woods seen a bear there was skid marks😂we don't have that sht at home😂
I’m an Aussie and I have seen Tiger Snakes (venomous) in a suburb of a large city I was walking my dog and luckily I still had her on the lead as she wanted it, I pulled her back and stood still until the snake backed off and went into some rocks. 20 minutes later I’m walking back that way and two little kids were playing on the rocks, I told their Mum that I had seen a tiger snake head in there, and she got her kids out quickly. I saw Tiger snakes and Eastern browns as a kid camping, but my Dad always told us to stay calm, and if you can move slowly backwards,or if you’re too close stand very still, one swam by us in the river one day, never seen so many kids bolt out of the water so quickly. I live inter bush now and I only saw 2 Eastern Browns at my place this snake season, but both were too close to my house, one on a track my dog and I use a few times a day, and it went under some iron, I put my dog inside, and then I jumped up and down on that tin for 20 minutes and then did it with my trusty long handled shovel just in case, as they’re protected wildlife, I jumped on that tin every day for 5 days, so I didn’t see it again, it moved to a much quieter neighbourhood. The other one was going down a rabbit burrow to get away from me, so I threw a few small sticks at it, and I didn’t see it again, it was a big fella. Eastern brown’s are the 2nd deadliest snake in the world, but they kill more people than any other snake in Australia, and only the black mamba in Africa is the deadliest, but they aren’t very aggressive so much less strikes. My main worry is my dog as he wouldn’t make it the 20kms to the vet, but if I got bitten I would have time to drive the 45 mins to the hospital, it wouldn’t be much fun, but it takes a few hours on average before it would really kick in, but it just depends on your body’s reaction and how much venom they strike you with.
This was so interesting. I too live in Arizona and was a desert van dweller for close to 3 years. I've seen 3 rattlesnakes but had no idea a bite was this intense. I will definitely go out of my way to avoid them. Wow.
I’m happy you survived and I’m praying you make a full recovery and you are restored to perfect health.
I live south of Tucson and during the warm and hot months, the rattlers are active. Every time I open any door to go outside I check the ground. There’s never been one close to the house but people spot them here and there. I had my dog snake trained to avoid these SOBs. And a follow up refresher a year later. When she saw and smelled the rattler during the review session, she was so scared she actually peed running away from it. Nevertheless, nothing is a guarantee. If it weren’t for the fact the cost of living here is affordable, between the constant threat of getting bit by a rattler just walking outside and the insane heat in summer, we would move. Some people say, they were here first! If someone spots one outdoors, the fire department comes and gets it quickly. We’ve “snake proofed” the back as much as possible but if we ever have one in the backyard, my husband won’t hesitate to kill the damned thing. So happy you are recovering! Thank you for describing your ordeal in such detail. Incidentally, what did all this cost you and could it be covered by health insurance? Hope you are back to health and strength very soon. 😎
I'm glad I live up north. Don't have to deal with anything poison this or that.. worst thing we get up north the snow storms
Thanks. I have coverage but I still don't know what the total came out to. Probably hundreds of thousands.
Thank you for sharing your experience. Living in DC area right now, but I always loved and was planning to move to AZ for retirement. I guess I have to study more about it than. 😂😂😂😂
Interesting that you mentioned your dog’s reaction after training. I have an older Blue Heeler with keen instincts because she’s never been trained. However, she reacts the same to all snakes; she’s even afraid of the shedded skin. Two other dogs were chasing a bull snake; she ran in opposite direction.
Wouldn't get too cozy up north. They have them in ND, and MT too!
Whoa, that is very intense. I almost got bit by a rattlesnake when I was living in New Mexico. I was hanging clothes out on the line when I heard that rattle shaking. I stopped dead and carefully looked back over my shoulder and spotted it about 2 feet off to my right. I slowly worked my hands down the line to my left and took a tight hold of the line and in one quick move I jumped up and pulled on the line which bought me a fair distance to safety. I got out of there and into the house. I never needed a shot of tequila like I did at that moment. I am so sorry that you had to go through that. I hope you get the full use of your arm and hand very soon. I also hope others see this and learn something.
Thanks for sharing your story
I just ventured away from the northwest mountains for the first time for trout fishing the Deschutes river, and it happened to be at a very snakey time of the year, so after walking 100 yards from my campsite to the first fishing hole, and enjoying the river, I exit to a rattlesnake literally hanging over the water 4 inches or so, and hissing through the edge of the bushes there. Scary enough for the first hour in central oregon, lol, thinking there was nothign to worry about out there >
Oh no way. I would have ran and not stopped. Lol
As a nurse, I can say in all honesty...holy sh*t. My heart goes out to you. I hope things move along well for you. Healing is so time consuming and PT is so needed. Take good care of yourself and rest when you need to. God Bless.
Thank you! I'm already much better. I posted this about 2 weeks ago or more. Pretty much back to normal. Best wishes to you!
So thankfull your doing ok!
@@dianacurry6248Thanks!
Goodness! I dont know how this video ended up in my feed, but I clicked on it and listened to it while doing some things around the house.
I am glad that you are still here to tell your story, and I pray for your continued healing.
I can't remember all the details anymore, but back before cell phones were a thing in my area (early 1990s) a good friend of mine was bit by 3 baby or not fully grown rattle snakes. He had been outside walking. I forget what he was doing, but he stepped on either a small pile of boards or rocks that the young snakes had apparently been hiding under.
He had gym shoes & thin socks on.
They bit his ankle and shin. He had not walked very far from his car yet, so he went back to it and drove to the nearest either house or business to call for help. It began taking effect rather quickly, making any further driving unsafe so he did not drive himself all the way back into town where the hospital was.
He was in the hospital for weeks (close to 3 weeks, I think).
He was so very, very sick in various different ways. Nauseous, vomiting, extreme pain, and other very unpleasant symptoms. Walking was torture for a while. It laid him up for many weeks.
Thankfully, he made a full recovery.
There are rattle snakes up here in nothern Indiana, where he was bit, but it is rare to see one which means that our walls of awareness in regards to the wildlife in our surroundings is limited. We dont have bear, big cats ( just bob cats & lynx but they are rare to see. Even more rare is the mountain lion. One might get spotted about every 10 years or so by hunters or forragers). We dont have a big scare over Venomous spiders/bugs etc either, although the brown recluse spiders do exist as well as other nasty little bug like critters but it is rare. So, we are rather fortunate here in those regards.
I am 52 and have been an outdoors person most of my life. I have lived out in the country for most of my life too. We forraged for wild fruits & greens, medicinal herbs, camped outside laying on the ground with no tent etc and I have never come upon a rattle snake and either has most of the other nature people & forragers that I know of around here but a few have. I only explained all of that to show how rare it is to see a rattle snake here. They do exist here though, but thankfully not in large numbers. So when my friend was bitten by not 1 but 3 of them at once it was a real shocker.
The local small town hospital wasn't equipped to handle that. If I remember correctly they took him via EMS to one of the big city hospitals even though it was a longer drive.
Because of there not being much of a threat with venomous snakes up here we dont need to wear boots or any kind of protective wear on the lower legs when out forraging, although I am starting to think that wearing protection would be a good idea when out in the tall grass & weeds forraging.
My dog(s) have almost always been with me when I am forraging so perhaps that could also be why I have only very rarely come upon any near by snakes because the dogs are stampeding around ahead of me and around me which might scare any snake(s) away. I have saw a few Garter snakes here and there and some blue racers and what might have been an aggressive water moccasin (I'm not sure if it was a moccasin) that was in the creek that was on our land. The dogs and us would splash around in the creek sometimes.
Our free ranging poultry, mostly chickens, would slurp the young small skinny, garter snakes up like a spaghetti strand 😅 🪱 🐍🍝 🐓
So between having barn cats, dogs and free ranging chickens on our land we rarely ever saw a snake.
Thank you for telling your story. Hopefully, more people will listen and learn to be more cautious. I know I will be. 🙂
Thank you, and thanks for sharing your story!
Because baby snakes have not learned to NOT release thier venom all at once they are actualy more dangerous than a grown snake. Your friend was very fortunate.
@@dianacurry6248...
This line of thought has changed with recent findings. Take care.
Scarey story! Glad you're recovering and gradually regaining use of your hand. I'm in FL and had a friend bitten on the hand by a coral snake that he actually picked up to move off a paved parking lot area into some grass. He thought it was a harmless kingsnake. Once he got half a mile down the road, he was suddenly hit with a wave of nausea, dizziness, and chills/sweating, and sped to the ER just blocks away. He was in the hospital for three weeks, very nearly died, and then came close to losing his hand. After going home, he continued having bouts of dizziness, cramping and shaking for weeks as the effects of the antivenin continued, and the neuro damage took even longer to heal. Venomous snakes are no joke! You should clear the rocks away from your porch area bc they will retain daytime heat and attract snakes at night as the temperature drops, as yoyr experience clearly shows. Since moving here I've learned: know how to identify a venomous snake, know snake habitat & be aware of what's around you, and never put your hands where you can't see them. You're very lucky they acted fast to transport you because that was clearly a nasty bite! Get well soon & stay safe.
Thank you very much! Scary story. I lived in FL for many, many years - most of my life - but the only things that ever got me were fire ants and a hornet. That hornet sting was surprisingly painful for about half a day.
In AZ you learn the following regarding coral snakes (yellow band next to red band) and king snakes (black band next to red band) by their coloration.
Red, yellow
dangerous fellow.
Red, black
Venom lack. (Or alternatively, put him back.)
My dad had a saying, “red next to black is a friend of Jack’s “? “White next to red, to dread”
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@@cheryltysver4819 never heard those. The common ones here in Florida is "red and yellow kills a fellow". The quickest way I've found to ID an eastern coral snake is to look at the very end of the snout area ("nose"). If it's black, don't try to remember the rhyme...just get away!
I'm so sorry that you suffered so much from the bite. I can't even imagine the pain you've gone through. I wish you a speedy recovery, if that's possible!!! Best wishes 💙
Thank you so much!
Glad your ok. Our neighbor was bitten by a rattler and he was in the hospital for a week.
Thanks! I hope your neighbor recovers well.
He did but had a $80,000 bill.
So sorry for all you've gone through. The world is a better place for you sharing your experiences. All the best to you moving forward.
Thank you so much!
Wow glad you are ok and survived it. I live in Australia and we have a few of the top ten deadliest land snakes in the world. Love your sunglasses as well
Thanks!
I’m so glad you’re recovering. I’ve seen the aftermath of a bite on a human, a horse, and a cat. It was all gory. The man’s arm was the size of a huge thigh, oozing, with the skin split open two weeks after the bite. He almost lost the arm. The horse’s back leg was the size of an elephant’s, oozing also with split skin. The cat didn’t stand a chance. I give rattlesnakes a wide berth, but they aren’t always easy to spot before you’re right on them. (North Central New Mexico where we have plenty of rattlesnakes.)
Cats usually avoid being bitten very easily as they're too fast for snakes, perhaps it was taken by surprise.
Thank you for sharing your experience with a rattlesnake bite. I was bitten by a western diamond back. more than 12 years ago. My experience was quite different. At the time the anti venom was a fairly new product called Crofab. It was made using sheep. They were not using horses anymore because too many people had bad reactions to it, especially the Navajo people
My tablet posted my comment before I was done. I live in Cochise Co and at the time I was living outside side of Tombstone in the country.. My bite was by one fang h only. felt like a triple bee sting. It didn't hurt. much except when touched or laying on something. After many blood test to check platelet status Az poison control center sajd to give me 3 vials of the Crofab. My recovery was uneventful and you can not tell that I was bitten. Never any tissue necrosis or scaring. I hope you eventually regain the use of your hand.
The bite was on my leg as walked by the snake who was sitting on a rodent runway hunting. It never made a sound. I only knew it was a snake bite when I decided to see what stung me.
@@wandadibble5426 Thanks for sharing your story. Yeah, it all depends on how much venom they give you. I'm using my right hand again - it's been a couple weeks or so since I made this video. Thanks!
Glad everything worked out. Love your sense of humor. So important to have a sense of humor even in the worst situations. Peace.
Thanks!
Scariest part is the hospital bill
True sh!t that bill is the real killer.
I won't pay for wut should be free .. I owed the hospital 2grand for a cup of orange juice ... eventually they stopped sending bills n if 5 years goes by u no longer owe the debt n 2 years after that it's off ur credit
Yeah seriously!!!
Yeah, a tough way to die but saving a little money 🤷🏽♂️ ………….just a joke.
@@reptilesrodents In the US it can get up to as high as $40.000 to $60.000 from such a bite. The antivenom is really to most expensive part.
So glad you were able to get the help you needed and are able to share and tell your own story God bless and continue to heal 😊thanks for the video!❤
Thanks!
Glad you are healing. Fun fact…rattlers can strike faster than any human can pull away so if you get close enough you will be toast. Ouch though…what a harrowing event.
I can believe that! Thanks.
Yep, they can strike their body length plus another foot. Normally, they will go out of their way to get away from a human, until they feel cornered. Never put yourself in that position, some people's bodies cannot handle the bite even with Anti-venom or don't do well with Anti-venom.
@@dangell8984no you are wrong, they can strike only about a 1/2 to 1/3 their body length… so a 4 ft snake striking distance is about 2 feet…
Not knowing you were bitten, which kept your heart rate down until the nurse said you were going to Tucson, may have saved your life. Glad you’re okay and wish you a full, long-term recovery. Thanks for sharing. You’re a good storyteller btw.
Thanks, Grace!
Wow, what a story! You did such a fantastic job describing the experience. You’re a good storyteller! I appreciated all the details, and hearing about what you were thinking at different points. I’m so sorry you got so injured and that it was so painful. I subscribed, and I’m wishing you a speedy recovery!!
Thanks a lot!
I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AT THOROUGH HEALING AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR DOG.
Thank you!
Hi Adam,
People asked about the dog cause they can see/hear you and know you are alive. It's not that they don't care about you.
Anyway I'm glad that you survived and are healing. I'm also so sorry that this happened to you. I hope that you will make a followup video about your progress and expenses, including loss of income as I think this information will be helpful to other victims etc.
Like some other people said, you just came up in my feed. For me I think it's because I communicate on a weekly basis with a friend using my cell phone, (and we know google knows all of our business) who recently moved to Arizona.
I pray you have a complete recovery and never have to deal with this issue again yourself or another family member, friend or pet has to.
Take care.
Thank you! I was only kidding about all the dog stuff. All the best to you!
Omg. What a horrible experience. Thank you for sharing. I live in California and fear all the critters that live here also.
You're welcome. Thank you.
I am so glad you survived and your dog. I have thought about moving south but I could never deal with a snake, scorpion, tarantula, or black widow. Not to mention the cockroaches. I will stay where it snows.
So glad you made it through all of that! The pain you described sounds a lot like the pain I had for years after being paralyzed and diagnosed with CIDP, Chronic Pain and neuropathy. I still have pain 24/7 but it’s being better managed now. In the summer I can melt a large ice pack in 30-45 minutes on just one foot. It feels like I have vice grips squeezing and crushing my bones and my skin on the inside and outside is completely on fire going through my muscles and all. A searing burning pain, plus muscle spasms. Now I also have RA so add soreness and joint pain into it. Thanks for sharing your story.
Thank you! Wish you all the best.
I’m from south Texas. We were exploring an old graveyard around sunset looking for ancestors’ tombstones. Rattlesnakes seem drawn to graveyards. We saw several emerging at sunset and had to leave in a hurry!
Maybe the snakes are paying respect to the people they put there?
Now that sounds nasty!!! No way!!!
Yeah, I don't know how your video ended up on my suggested videos. I watched the whole thing and it was very good to see that you're doing well. I'm extremely terrified of snakes, so I don't know how people live with them around. I hope your journey takes you back to doing what you enjoy, and that you stay safe.
It has, and thank you!
I have the privilege of living in southern Ca. My hounds and I have found rattlesnakes and my hounds new exactly that it was very dangerous. They would stay clear. Animal instincts. But they were not venomous. They could not even worry about them. Many times they would find many King Snakes and Gopher snakes. But with no fear. Most of the time we would find a cool place and let the hounds chase Jack Rabbits. Neither my dogs and myself would never kill anything and they never catch anything. Even my greyhound could not keep up with the bunnies. I have never seen anything like it as far as dogs go. Autumn was a total speedster. Beauty. Just plain beautiful. What speed. I'm now to old that I don't see in any sense. I now have two hounds. I have a Beagle/Basset and a Treeing Walker Coon Hound. Thanks for reading. Kevin
Im glad you're okay. We live in AZ too and had many run ins with different rattlers. My son has come close to being bit a couple of times. We bought the $45 snake grabbers and now we just take care of them with those pretty quickly when we get one on our property.
Love your content bro. Hang in there.
Thanks a lot! Interesting, I have not heard of these snake grabbers you speak of. I'll have to take a look.
OMG…couldn’t do…
Wow, seeing the damage that snake did, I feel very fortunate that we kids were never bitten. We often saw and heard rattlers and promptly backed away until the snake calmed down. Thank heavens for your anti-venom.
VERY FORTUNATE …. us too here in NW Fla
That was surprisingly interesting. 😊👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻I’m glad it wasn’t fatal! Learned a lot of things too. Sorry for all the pain you had to endure😬!!! You kept the story rolling along at a pretty good pace. Wish you all the best and a quick and complete recovery Adam😊!!!🙏🏻🕊️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you very much, Gloria!
You’re welcome, hope you are A ok now. 😊
@@gloriaanngomez3238Right as rain.
WOW! You aren't just a survivor, but an awesome story teller..."kept it short, sweet, and to the point." It was both engaging and educational; thanks for sharing your story! Oh It's good to know that you're recovering well. 📈🥂😉👍
Hey, thank you so much! That's very nice of you to say.
😮 OMG I'm so sorry your encounter was negative... I was fortunate indeed..
The snix I encountered was as terrified as me...he screamed/I screamed and we both tore off in different directions. It was, in a weird sort of way, hilarious. His mouth was open and never once looked at me as he was fighting to get out from under my hand.
Stay safe man
Thanks! Will do.
This dudes encounter would have been exactly the same but he clearly tried to kill it and got bit in the process. I call that karma 🤷
@@Boskibro There's no such thing as karma. That's a fairytale they tell children. Kids need to believe there is balance in the universe; grownups know better.
I was bitten by an eastern diamondback about 20yrs ago. It was worse than kidney stones. I got it on the top of my bottom joint of my thumb which made the rest of my thumb feel like it was dislocated & full of lava. I didn’t sleep much at all for 3 days even with being bombed on dilaudid. I think the only thing the pain meds do is keep you from being panicked bc it did nothing for the actual pain.
My bite was in almost the same place, and my experience with meds was the same. I also received dilaudid but was barely able to sleep for several days.
Happy you are recovering. I have a cabin in West TX where rattlesnakes abound and that makes me constantly on the lookout for them. Surprisingly what happened was one of my doggies was bit by a rattlesnake this summer,in my backyard, in town!. Fortunately I saw her relatively soon after the bite on her face and we got her to the vet and to treatment. She also had been treated with the shots they give dogs every year as a preventative. She was one sick pup for a few weeks but is good to go now.
Thanks for sharing the information regarding the types of toxins and how they affect the human body. I didn’t know there was a difference.
You're welcome. Thanks.
I’m glad you’re here to share the experience. My first dog I ever had got bit by a copperhead that crawled into our fenced in yard. It killed him and it really sucked. If I could have tanked that bite for him I would have. Just the perks of living in the south, I’ve moved on and have had like 5 other dogs after but I judge snakes. If I see one in my yard it’s on sight if it’s venemous
Sorry about your dog.
Greater love hath no man than to give your life for your dog.
When the bill which my insurance paid, came, the 4 units of antivinen cost $56,000.! I asked my vet what the antivenin unit cost was and she said $500. Per unit.... I told her if it happens again, I m coming to her!!!
Hell of a story! Glad you made it!
Thanks!
Glad you made it through this!
What a nightmare.
I spend time out in the desert in Arizona.
I've been careful, but your story will now make me even more so!
Thank you.
Take care.
Thanks! Always be careful but also remember this is rare - 1 in a million. I've been in the high desert for 5.5 years; I encounter dozens of snakes every summer; and the only reason this one got me is because my dog was barking in its face. Just make sure your feet and legs are well protected when you're hiking. It's the unexpected, accidental bite on the ankle that gets most people.
Oh my. Very Lucky & Blessed. How large was the snake? My young cousin was struck in his calf and scared he ran approximately over 8/10th's of mile. Over 2 fence lines to get home to his mom. He lost so much tissue which they had to remove in many surgeries and even had problems with his heart, liver & kidneys. It took him approx 10 weeks to feel better. Try placing Moth Balls around your home outside and/ or inside. This runs snakes away. We live in Texas and Rattlesnakes are rampant. Tree Rattlesnake as long as 6.5 feet. Dangerous to persons cutting trees for wood for winter. Best of luck. Bless All.❤️🙏🏼
So sorry to hear that. This snake was actually pretty small as far as I could tell. Probably less than two feet. Thank you!
After being revived from a clinical death, in 1989, I recommended to the AMA, that snake bites, burns, cardiopulmonary arrests, gangrene, etc. would be helped with hyperbaric chamber.
My experience was in 1989. It took a few years to find a ND with a chamber. I still go in the chamber, occasionally. It really helps. You are very blessed.
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@@brenda126176. Too bad the AMA doesn’t listen to that which can help human suffering.
You’re one tough cookie! You’re going for a long walk only 3 weeks after getting bit by a rattlesnake. Most people would probably still be on the couch watching Netflix or something. I’m so happy you survived.
Thank you!
I’m glad you survived, rattlesnake bites are no joke. Just be happy it was a rattler and not a snake with worse venom😳Hope you fully recover soon!
Thanks!
Oh my, sounds like you're blessed to have kept your hand/arm. What a horrible thing to go through. Take care & also don't push even if you want to!
God bless and thank you for sharing🙏💕🙏
Thank you!
Please stop asking me why I call my dog Stupid. That's his name!
Lol
I’m so thankful you are doing better. I cannot imagine what you went through. I’m thankful that you’re doing better.
Thanks!
Sorry this happened to you. I couldn’t believe what your thumb looked like days later. I’ve heard snake bites were nasty but glad you showed the reality of a snake bite. They’re may be a little nasty but the are absolutely horrific. Just imagine back in the day when there was no anti venom or strong pain medication. What a horrible way to die. I had no idea they were so painful and that you swell up. I am glad you’re feeling better. Three more weeks is along time. May be you could think of a different place to live. I do hope your hand and arm return to normal. Take care.
Thank you! Yes, I have also thought about what something like this would be like without modern medicine... I would have died.
Thank God you are safe. Beware and be prepared. My Volquartsen 22/45 would even the odds in that confrontation. Always carry and be prepared. Prayers for your recovery.
Wow, very interesting story. I'm glad you're okay. I like snakes about as much as I like spiders. When I was 16 my brother, sister, mom and dad went to the Columbia River. We were checking out an abandoned farm house. I was walking in tall grass and heard a rattler. I stopped and looked around. It was probably 6' away. I yelled and my dad and brother ran over and dispatched it. I looked the other way, but the shotgun was very loud. Then when i was walking with my son's in a field about 10 baby snakes crossed the path in front of us. We stayed clear and never saw or heard from a mom. Got out of there quickly. It was a big lot across from our apartment and mostly used by motorcycle riders.
Thanks! And thanks for sharing your story.
Im in the UK and this randomly popped up on my feed! Im so glad it did. Amazing story, thank you for sharing. We only have Adders here in the UK in the summer, they can bite, but very rare, ive never seen one, but i am careful when walking, especially by tall grass in the summer.
Thanks! Yeah, watch out for them adders! I heard some of them can deliver a pretty nasty bite.
@arizonaadam3000 Thanks lovely, nowhere near as bad as your experience though I'm sure! You are clearly very brave!
@@stephanielloyd4053 Well, now you're just making me blush. haha. Cheers!
@@arizonaadam3000 😊
Thank you for sharing. I'm wishing you the best and hoping I never have a reason to relate to the fear and pain youve dealt with
Thank you! I hope so, too.
Glad you are alright!! I am terrified of ALL snakes, big, small, venomous, and non-venomous. I am not going to get close enough to identify it. 🤪🧐🤓😎
Time to move to Alaska where there are no snakes. Pretty amazing there aren't more snake bites than there are. I was raised in the southeastern US, ran around barefoot all the time, swam in creeks and lakes, snakes were everywhere, rarely heard of a snake bite. Thank goodness you are okay.
Thanks! Alaska? I'd rather take my chances with a rattlesnake than a grizzly bear.
, LOL, we lived in Alaska 25 years, not the first bear, wolf or moose bothered us, just can't try to threaten them. They also never harmed my domestic animals. The dang eagles were a bigger threat.@@arizonaadam3000
You are a good storyteller. I kept feeling pain as you talked.🐍 Good Luck, my Man‼️ You're a good sport. Be Well‼️
Thanks a lot! Best wishes to you.
Wow. I have never seen anything like that.
I know you have been thru a lot
Good luck hope a speedy recovery
Thanks!
thank you i learned so much. Glad you are among the living.
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this extremely trauma. Glad you survived, and I m going to be extra cautious, we have cane brake rattlers, ground rattlers and cotton mouths here in Louisiana. And coral snakes. I recently got too close to a copperhead raking leaves.
Thank you! Be careful out there!
OMG what a horrible thing you have gone through! Hope you mend quickly and am happy your fur baby is ok too!
Thank you!
Thanks for this post, people need to realize that these snakes are there, and precautions should just be a normal part of life in snake country. Even so, accidents happen, not because snakes are evil, but because they are trying to live their lives too. I live near the Gulf Coast of Texas, amongst the smaller bayous, in a typical subdivision home. I’ve had rabbits, turtles, an armadillo, garter snakes, mud snakes, couple of moccasins, and yellow bellied water snakes in my backyard. Add copperheads in my neighbors yard. Not all the time, but I’m very aware when I’m working in my garden that they could be there. A stout stick through the plants before I work there. It’s better since a retention pond was put in a short way away from us, the water critters stay over there, as the food source, toads, frogs, small fish, are there too.
Glad you’re doing better, the desert is a beautiful place, for those who know it well!
Wow, that's a lot of snakes! Thanks!
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I too was bit! Twice!! On the same leg. 24 viles of antivenom later. Wow, i feel like you described the pain so accurately. I lost my shin muscle and part of my calf due to compartment syndrome. Permanent limp the rest of my life, however they saved the leg. I am grateful for that. Im glad your ok.
Wait, twice in the same instance, or separate times? Sorry about your leg.
Same time. At the ankle and a few inches higher. Thanks man.
Oooff. The snake didn't rattle I'm guessing from your story. Were you stooped down when you were getting your dog or did the snake zap your thumb when you were fully standing?
Take care. Use your hand as much as comfortably possible. Therapy and exercise is everything.
Get well soon and thanks for sharing your story.
The snake was rattling and the sound was very loud. We have metal siding, so it reverberates and sounds like it's coming from two sides. My hand was fairly low to the ground when I got in between my dog and the snake. I don't know for certain, but maybe one or two feet away from it.
Adam - 1st time viewer, as AI'd into your site by The Tube! Glad that happened, as most interesting snakebite video I've ever seen!! In '47 Mich, Gramps Henry Ford's 1st Apprentice was out crow huntin' & decided to save a shotgun shell, by hand capture of big Massauga Rattler. It had went down hole along 2-track which turned out to be huge cow track w/snake coiled around inside of leaf filled track. Gramps set up, unseen head was where he was gonna grab it, so snake hit him thrice, w/last bite locking snake's fangs into web of hand. Gramps scarred s---less, shook his hand all around to make sure he had all the venom, then Dad administered 12 GA cure to snake. Both boys butched up by WW2, not thinkin' too pretty straight yet, so both walked to farmhouse for Granny & her car. When got to bite sight, Gramps gone as had needed same-day service! No Gramps, so Granny drove for his dog, & upon return, Ole Brownie made one circle of bite site, & made dog-line for middle of winter wheat field, & there was Gramps collapsed by golly!! Who'd a thunk!! At U of M Hospital, after 2 months & 54 vials of anti-venom, Gramps went home to recover...somewhat. Poison had picked on various body parts, minor flesh attacked falling off etc, but pisser was lost his right eye! After Gramps had went thru school of hard knocks, you woulda thought he had learned some type of lessen, but when I was 6 in '56, we went to County Fair 1st day!! Gramps broke as usual, but headed for snake handler tent. His Barker was out shillin' up excitement w/biggest pair of Diamondbacks I had ever seen! He'd key those suckers up with his cane rakin' their cage, so the venom was just a flyin'! There was a $100 bill between snakes, so Barker asked if anyone needed a hundred dollars? Danged if Gramps didn't speak right up with, "I'll take your money Sonny"!! Handler opened cage, Gramps dispatched both snakes, & took their $100!! Barker won, as County Press Photographer got his shots, zipped to Paper processing film & half of Paper's front page next day was, "Local Farmer challenges Snake Wrangler at County Fair" with 12 photos to back it up!! Fair next day was standing room only!! So Adam, you & Gramps pretty much free spirits, with only major difference was when walkin' along like makin' your videos, he would surely keep an eye on where he was walkin', whereas you don't seem to care! You have heard of the old phrase, "Once bittin', twice shy"...right?? Be careful out there, and thanks again for video!!
Thanks! I've said, "once bitten, twice shy," many times to friends and neighbors since this happened, haha. I was walking in a loop along a trial I made on my property. I know it like the back of my hand; but I am still paying attention to what's around me more than it might appear on camera, and my dog was with me. Thanks for sharing that story! Best wishes.
@@arizonaadam3000 - Yeah Buddy!! Sounds good, AND you're gettin' better!! Oh, by the way, have you heard the one where 12-year-old Grandson, also not sharpest pencil in box, got licked twice on end of beak by Rattler's fork-ed tongue at Boy Scout Camp? Rumor has it, he was picking up missed clay targets, carryin' 'em along arm when merchant of death sound rattled in otherwise vacant crane-e-um. He had varied into large outflowing bush, w/almost vacant built-up center. Occupant/Owner was this huge Rattler, took exception to intruder, rattled, tasted him twice, no danger from blockhead, so settled down back to his sunbathing. Loser put 'er in barely moving "R", & backed away, or else I couldn't have told ya about this!! Only saving grace was, when Scoutmaster checked out snake, he had 16 rattles, said snake was use to Scouts, and probably saving his venom for nice juicy lunchtime rat! Word to the wise is, always stay a safe distance from poisonous snakes!! Hope this helps ya out!!
@@erwinschmidt7265Nope, I hadn't heard that one!
That is a very detailed description of what happened. From other accounts, yes, the pain is intense and feels like your arm is both in a vice and on fire, like burning in a fire.
Thank you for sharing your horrific story. Sure hoping you are getting back to normal. I am terrified of snakes and although have tried facing my fear of them, I am still scared to death. So happy your dog did not get bit though as I am sure ge would have not made it.
Thanks! Stay scared. It's good to be scared.
WILD! appreciate you taking the time to explain. I have wondered 😢
No problem!
Reach out to Chandler he was recently bit by a cobra . His experience is insane , once he got back to the US he ended up in four different hospitals trying to get any kind of decent care . He might have some helpful information to help you . He knows everything about venomous snakes .
Thanks, man. I haven't heard of the guy but iI'll take look.
Obviously not enough to avoid being bitten by a cobra.
Did you have terrible headache? I got a terrible 2-day headache a day after eating a canebrake and wonder if some venom was in the meat.
24:15 What is the "canebrake" that you mentioned?
@@marjoriegarner5369timber rattlesnake, same thing
Thanks for sharing, wish you well and a full recovery
Big ouch 🤕. Glad you got better !
Thanks!
I kept imagining you stepping on one while walking telling your story 😂. Glad you’re okay 👍
Happy for you that you're in the recovery stage. Snakes, all kinds, hate garlic. I'd be carrying some garlic/water juice with me all the time in that region of the US. But then when I lived in Michigan, they'd have rattle snake hunts once a year. They're everywhere. Some nasty ones in Maryland. Question: where or at what level was your hand when u were bitten?
There’s only Copperheads and Timbers in Md and I’ve never ran across either one and I’ve been keeping snakes for 23 years. The Timbers don’t venture far from the mountains
Thanks for telling your story. That was very very interesting. I'm glad to see you're all right
Thank you!
I live in southern Idaho when I was 9 i was walking home from a friend's .i wasn't watching where I was walking and i stepped on a western diamondback . I was wearing flimsy keds i looked down when the snake was mid strike .i jumped just in time for it to sink its teeth ito the souls of my shoes i drug it for a little ways ( my brother was behind me ) .For years i couldn't even look at a picture of a snake . Now i know it wasn't the snakes fault it was mine for not watching where i was going .
Wow. "It could always be worse". I am glad you did not die & your tale makes me feel better about mine. I got released on New Years Day from hospital, after 3 days on double IV's, from a Brown Recluse Spider bite. Never felt it either. Moral of my story is: In Virginia, do not get bit by something with 5 eyes.
I heard those bites are horrific. Glad you're okay!
Praise God you made it through!
Thanks!
Hi Adam, I’m so glad that you are recovering from that nasty rattlesnake bite. We have property in Bruno Rd and Mulberry. We are very cautious during the summer days and nights. Maybe one day we’ll meet. We’ll be there in December! Perhaps you met my sister Diane and Mark Lallic. They have a trailer across from us on Bruno. You take care, and we’ll follow you out there at the Land.
Let my dog die?? Are you serious? My husband the snake can have, NOT my dog.
LOL.
Agree with you!! I don't have a husband but there is no way in hell I would willingly let my dog suffer or be put in any danger. ❤❤❤
I guess different people feel differently about their "pets"
That comment just turned me off watching anymore of this guy's videos!
@@jac_149 He said he was just kidding. No way would he let his dog die. Try listening to the whole thing.
Jay, of course he was kidding, so was I.
I’m not sure how you came up in my suggestions, but…..I am so sorry for everything you had to go through. I’m glad that you are on the mend. Hoping things are better now than they were when you made this. I see it was 3 weeks ago that you put this up. I live with a very painful nerve disease called RSD ….. my pain meds don’t do anything to lessen my pain, but I don’t want to increase strength cause then I increase cost and I’m a disabled widow…..so. Good luck with everything.
Thank you! Sorry to hear that. Several others with that condition have also left comments. It sounds awful. Hope you all the best.
I’m sure glad it wasn’t the other rattler. Thank you for the information.
And again happy you’re out of there
Thanks 👍
Know what’s cooler than that story? Those Shades!
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Glad you are ok! Crazy scary!
This popped up in my recommended, so I watched it and gave it a like to keep the algorithm going. 🧡
I do not watch snake videos or anything like it. I'm terrified of snakes!
So sending you positive energy from the swamps of
~New Orleans 🐊🎷🎼🎺
Awesome! Thank you!
Adam, I'm so glad you're home and feeling better! What a story! I live in Vegas but grew up in Tennessee. When I was 5 I was playing in the garage there was an empty large box. I decided to crawl in and there was a non venomous snake inside that wrapped around my leg. I had been taught to be careful since we lived on the lake plenty of Cottonmouths and Copperheads. I'm till this day terrified of snakes. All snakes!!
Has this changed anything about your routine? I'm sure living out like you guys are you see your fair share. Price for Beauty....
Wishing you the Best!! 😊❤
Thanks! Not really. I'm gonna invest in some more heavy duty boots before next summer but that's about it. Thanks again.
Living in Australia we're always on the lookout for snakes and other dangerous creatures but if I saw a rattlesnake I would literally faint, dead set faint lol..
Well done and I hope your recovery keeps being positive 💜
Redback anti venom from horses also, when one bit me burning was awful.
Thank you!
I’d be more freaked out in Australia than anywhere in the US. You have creatures that are much more venomous.
@@KoalaBeer. An old friend got bitten on the neck by a female redback a few years ago, she ended up in hospital for two weeks and says it still stings and burns all these years later
I grew up in a small country town in NSW Australia and as kids we just never wore shoes! We always played outside especially hide and seek with our beautiful dog lady. One night in summer I was 10, and started to feel horrible dizzy nauseous and so hot I felt I was burning. I started to shake (febrile convulsions) we lived in the police station and the ambulance station was just at the end of our street so dad picked me up and ran me up to the ambulance knowing something was very wrong. They quickly got fluids up and started to try and cool me down while rushing me to the next towns hospital. I didn’t know what was going on and just felt like I was almost suspended couldn’t do anything. The team checked me over from top to toe and a very keen eye young nurse found a little bit of blood on the inner side of my right foot. Then the questions started being asked were I was was I wearing shoes etc. dad called mum got her to go out and have a look carefully under the light on the cement at the back of the station where we were playing, and there was a half dead rather large red back spider. So I spent a week in hospital under pain relief and that was the end of my shoe less days.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing your story.
Not nice is it ? I had 2 lots anti venom..funny that rattlesnakes made from horses also. Mine crawled up my jeans leg last year 😮
Gruesome snake bites can happen to anybody at any time. Let's be careful out there! Audience wishes hapless victims all the best. Cheers!
Indeed!