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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1682819" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>A LOT (around 20 different people) from what I saw.</p><p></p><p>One that struck a nerve was the guy that was bitten "<em>while pulling his pants up</em>"</p><p></p><p>"</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Rattlesnake (probably western diamondback, but possibly timber)</td><td>Yancy was bitten while pulling up his pants in Smithville, Texas."</td></tr></table><p></p><p></p><p>And:</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>September 13, 1972</td><td>Probably an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Diamondback_Rattlesnake" target="_blank">Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake</a></td><td>While driving near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida" target="_blank">St. Augustine, Florida</a>, Gaboury had stopped to relieve herself in the bushes beside the road. Thinking she had been pricked by a spiny plant, possibly the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_bayonet" target="_blank">Spanish bayonet</a>, she went to the emergency room, where she was treated for an allergic reaction and released. She returned home and was found dead the next morning. A snake expert determined from the size of the bite that Gaboury had likely been bitten by a diamondback rattler.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_snake_bites_in_the_United_States#cite_note-76" target="_blank">[76]</a></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1682819, member: 18945"] A LOT (around 20 different people) from what I saw. One that struck a nerve was the guy that was bitten "[I]while pulling his pants up[/I]" " [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Rattlesnake (probably western diamondback, but possibly timber)[/TD] [TD]Yancy was bitten while pulling up his pants in Smithville, Texas."[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] And: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]September 13, 1972[/TD] [TD]Probably an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Diamondback_Rattlesnake']Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake[/URL][/TD] [TD]While driving near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida']St. Augustine, Florida[/URL], Gaboury had stopped to relieve herself in the bushes beside the road. Thinking she had been pricked by a spiny plant, possibly the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_bayonet']Spanish bayonet[/URL], she went to the emergency room, where she was treated for an allergic reaction and released. She returned home and was found dead the next morning. A snake expert determined from the size of the bite that Gaboury had likely been bitten by a diamondback rattler.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_snake_bites_in_the_United_States#cite_note-76'][76][/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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