Severed Head Of Rattlesnake Bites And Nearly Kills Man Who Decapitated It
By Katy Evans
07 Jun 2018, 12:21
A man in Texas had to be airlifted to hospital for immediate treatment after being bitten by a rattlesnake – after he’d already killed it and cut off its head.
It was touch and go for the first 24 hours, but after an emergency helicopter ride and 26 doses of anti-venom, just over a week later the man is now recovering.
It all began on Memorial Day at the home of Jennifer Sutcliffe and her husband, near Corpus Christi, Southern Texas.
They were out doing yard work when Mr Sutcliffe spotted the 1.2-meter-long (4-foot) rattlesnake – which is quite common in Texas – and, using his shovel, killed it by decapitating it. What happened next took him by surprise.
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