# Beheaded rattlesnake bites man that killed it **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 10, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692 "2007-08-10T08:41:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/1 "2007-08-10T08:41:51Z")
Beheaded rattlesnake bites man > Rural Washington man thinks he’s killed the reptile and is then bitten by it > The Associated Press > > Updated: 9:36 a.m. ET Aug 10, 2007 > > PROSSER, Wash. - Turns out, even beheaded rattlesnakes can be dangerous. > > That’s what 53-year-old Danny Anderson learned as he was feeding his horses Monday night, when a 5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property, about 50 miles southeast of Yakima. > > Anderson and his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. A few more strikes to the head left it sitting under a pickup truck. > > “When I reached down to pick up the head, it raised around and did a backflip almost, and bit my finger,” Anderson said. “I had to shake my hand real hard to get it to let loose.” > > His wife insisted they go to the hospital, and by the time they arrived at Prosser Memorial Hospital 10 minutes later, Anderson’s tongue was swollen and the venom was spreading. He then was taken by ambulance 30 miles to a Richland hospital to get the full series of six shots he needed. > > The snake head ended up in the bed of his pickup, and Anderson landed in the hospital until Wednesday afternoon. > > Mike Livingston, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist, said the area where the Anderson’s live is near prime snake habitat. But he said he had never heard of anyone being bit by a decapitated snake before. > “That’s really surprising but that’s an important thing to tell people,” he said. “It may have been just a reflex on the part of the snake.” > > If another rattlesnake comes along, Anderson said he’ll likely try to kill it again, but said he’ll grab a shovel and bury it right there. “It still gives me the creeps to think that son-of-a-gun could do that,” he said. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20212558/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20212558/) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/2 "2007-08-10T08:44:31Z")
Picture taken at interview: ![http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/dd/Cletus.gif](http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/dd/Cletus.gif) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/3 "2007-08-10T08:45:47Z")
“It still gives me the creeps to think that son-of-a-gun could do that,” he said. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/4 "2007-08-10T08:52:59Z")
[quote=“newman,post:3,topic:33692"”] “It still gives me the creeps to think that son-of-a-gun could do that,” he said. [/quote] For some reason I think that was edited for the news. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/5 "2007-08-10T08:54:33Z")
maybe. but people in TX say son of a gun all the time. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/6 "2007-08-10T09:05:01Z")
Another reason why I hate snakes and scared to hell of them. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/7 "2007-08-10T09:15:11Z")
I hate snakes more than spiders…and I really really hate spiders. ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 9:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/8 "2007-08-10T09:22:27Z")
i don’t buy it. Dude got bit, then killed it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/9 "2007-08-10T10:19:07Z")
heh… no shit ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/10 "2007-08-10T10:36:34Z")
[quote=“rdandy5875,post:8,topic:33692"”] i don’t buy it. Dude got bit, then killed it. [/quote] if you had a snake attached to your hand would you be able to focus enough to kill it? ---
**Author:** ![badazzss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@badazzss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/badazzss)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/11 "2007-08-10T10:53:32Z")
that dead snake was way smarter than this guy… ---
**Author:** ![jeeves744](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeeves744/32/7619_2.png) [@jeeves744](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jeeves744)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/12 "2007-08-10T10:59:30Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:10,topic:33692"”] if you had a snake attached to your hand would you be able to focus enough to kill it? [/quote] Generally when things attack you, you tried to defend yourself, which usually leads to killing it. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/13 "2007-08-10T11:15:43Z")
this dude had 4 brain cells. one was busy transmitting pain and the other 3 were busy processing oh shit. which leaves 0 to make up a story. therefore, i believe him by default ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/14 "2007-08-10T11:17:55Z")
son of a gun, that sucks ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/15 "2007-08-10T11:18:36Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:13,topic:33692"”] this dude had 4 brain cells. one was busy transmitting pain and the other 3 were busy processing oh shit. which leaves 0 to make up a story. therefore, i believe him by default [/quote] fucking LOL ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beheaded-rattlesnake-bites-man-that-killed-it/33692/16 "2007-08-10T11:19:21Z")
:word: i can’t believe i missed that