Man Bitten By Rattlesnake At Texas Wal-Mart

[traci_m]

BROWNWOOD, Texas -- Police say a man was bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping for shoes in a Wal-Mart store in Texas.

Douglas Hatchett of Brownwood was examining shoes on a rack when a rattlesnake concealed behind a shoebox bit him Monday. The snake fell to the floor, where Hatchett stomped it to death.

Police, fire and emergency medical crews were called to the scene.


The 31-year-old shopper and the dead snake were hustled to Brownwood Regional Medical Center. There, the snake was confirmed as a rattler, and Hatchett was treated and released.

Wal-Mart officials say the matter's being investigated and they have no comment.

Brownwood is about 120 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

[WolfTears]

no chit they have no comment ... dang now I am gonna be skeered of shoes...is there treatment for that ? LOL yikes ...

[hot nsn mama]

DANG!! No Comment huh?? I'd be speechless too if a rattler bit one of my customers......that isn't an easy one to explain. Just wait till the haters get involved......Wal-Mart will have to shell out some $$$$.....

[traci_m]

Hey, the snake just probably slipped in one night while they were doing re-stocking and the doors were open. But YIKES! Go to grab a pair of shoes and they grab ya back. I think I would have wet myself on that one. :Chatter

Now some poor shmucks are probably gonna have rattle snake detail every night, where they have to search the shelves for critters. That would suck!

[Dezgn8veDriver]

..... ......hey CREE SWEETHEART, remember what I was telling you about the rattlesnake? Interesting, ver-r-r-y interesting. This is more than just about the rattler....What a sad, sad, shame they destroyed it...:(

[WolfTears]

ok heres a visual for ya .. This turtle looking for a smack pair of steppin shoes .. da snake smiles at me ...trace my shell print through about 100 shelves an then a wall an dont forget the smoke trail from my hot little turtle feet makein there way as far away from that critter as I could get ...hehehe did I mention I am skeered to death of snakes! so is mom! ewwwwwwwwww

[*Kwe_Zee*]

This story is easily understandable. I live smack dab in the middle of the desert, I watch out for those daayum things when I walk out of my HOUSE.

[Blackbear]

but don't you think he would've heard the rattle???

[WolfTears]

You would think so , but maybe there was to much back ground noice or maybe he thought it was a kids toy. But you would think he would have heard those things.

[HarleyHunk]

Could of been sleeping in the shoe.
And when the dude pulled out the shoe it just struck from it's natural instincts.
Some good eating there.

[wyo_rose]

Holay!! I hope Wal-Marts at least gonna give him a free pair of shoes!:p

[alamosaurus]

I am wondering if this was not an act of deliberate malice on
someone's part. Some years ago a man dropped out of Synanon, a drug treatment program that morphed into a cult. They tried
to kill him by putting a rattlesnake in his mail box. He was bitten,
but got a shot of antivenom and recovered.

[VIP4life]

Dang thats crazie Poor snake.:D