Which is more dangerous, hiking or shopping??

mike · What box? Joined: 30 Dec 2002 Posts: 3134

Man bitten by rattler while shopping at Wal-Mart

Associated Press

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 yesterday. 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.

Trishness · Posted: 9/30/2003, 8:11 pm Post subject:

I hope this guy stomped the snake to death with the Walmart shoes he was going to buy Laughing

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Tom Treks · Gear Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347

DO NOT!! Let Sherilee into this area! OMG.

I can only imagine the remarks...

ck1 · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 1331 Location: Mesa

I've always said that Walmart is the 3rd Circle of Hell...now they have serpents...
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Trishness · Posted: 9/30/2003, 9:51 pm Post subject:

Tom, I think I pretty much summed it up. Diablo

I bet that dude had a pair of Dr.Scholls...........you can kill anything with those.
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"Eastward the dawn rose, ridge behind ridge into the morning, and vanished out of eyesight into guess; it was no more than a glimmer blending with the hem of the sky, but it spoke to them, out of the memory and old tales, of the high and distant mountains." � J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of The Rings.

sherileeaz · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 874

Daddee · Posted: 9/30/2003, 10:52 pm Post subject:

Now a breif lesson for Sherileeaz on how to do proper geek-speak.

Rather than set off your voice type using asterics as in:

Trishness · Posted: 9/30/2003, 10:54 pm Post subject:

sherileeaz · Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 874

Tom Treks · Gear Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 3347

Hmmm. I thought the proper way to geek-speak involved like a dozen of them brackets or something.

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Hnak · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 1766 Location: Prescott, AZ

kurthzone · Posted: 10/1/2003, 10:53 am Post subject:

I wouldn't have killed the snake!
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kurthzone · Posted: 10/1/2003, 3:50 pm Post subject: