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Pygmy Rattlesnake Bites Man At Wal-Mart

Store Closed After Snake Bite

POSTED: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
UPDATED: 2:51 pm EDT July 25,2006

A man was treated with anti-venin after he was bit by a pygmy rattlesnake in the garden department of a Central Florida Wal-Mart, according to Local 6 News.

Officials said a man was reaching into a plant Monday at a Wal-Mart in Sanford, Fla., located on U.S. Highway 192 when the snake bit his hand.

The man was treated and should recover from the bite, Local 6 News reported.

Tuesday, Wal-Mart assured customers that Central Florida stores are safe and that it was an isolated incident.

Trappers captured and killed the snake after the store was closed.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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