A Texan required 26 doses of anti-venom after he was bitten by the severed head of a rattlesnake he had killed.
Jennifer Sutcliffe told local station KIII-TV that her husband was working in the garden when he saw the four-foot (1.25m) rattlesnake and decapitated it.
When he picked up the snake’s remains to dispose of them, the head bit him.
A snake’s bite reflex can be triggered up to several hours after it has died. Ms Sutcliffe told KIII-TV her husband immediately began to have seizures.
He was airlifted from his home near Corpus Christi to hospital where he was treated with the anti-venom CroFab.
More than a week after the incident, the man is reportedly in stable condition, with some weakened kidney function.
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Gun-Toting Texas Pastor Nabs Grandma Stealing Packages From Porches
A gun-toting pastor in Texas caught a grandmother stealing packages from the porches of Baytown residents last week.
Pastor Benny Holmes was captured on video charging through his front door wielding a pistol and pointing it at the suspect, Laurie Ferguson, 52, according to the Baytown Police Department.
“He was at his wits end,” said Holmes’ wife, Pat, to ABC 13 News. “He was determined in his mind that he would sit here, however long it took, to see if he could find her.”
Ferguson initially denied that she was stealing when first confronted by Holmes.
“She said, ‘I’m looking for my dog,'” Pat recalled, adding that her husband then told Ferguson, “You found your dog. Bow wow.”
Someone’s Selling a 99-Pack of Beer
Because everything is bigger in Texas, an Austin brewery has made a 99 pack of beers for 99 bucks. Ninety-nine beers, in one case. God bless America.
‘Merica!
Texas man still buzzing from 60 espresso shot Starbucks drink
A Starbucks frappuccino, containing 60 shots of espresso and topped with whipped cream, which took Andrew Chifari of Texas five days to consume is seen in Dallas, Texas in this May 24, 2014 picture. Credit: REUTERS/Andrew Chifari/Handout via Reuters
No word on whether he turned into the Great Cornholio after drinking all that espresso. 🙂
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