A 21-year-old man was bitten by a venomous snake while hiking after dark in New Jersey, according to a new report.
Kevin Murray, of Pennington, was hiking in Hopewell Township Aug. 5 when the copperhead snake suddenly struck — but he didn’t realize what had happened until he fell down, he told WPVI-TV.
“I just felt a sharp sting right on my ankle,” Murray told the station.
Then a few feet away, he spotted his scaly attacker — which a herpetologist later identified as a copperhead.
The large snakes, found throughout the southern and eastern US, are responsible for more venomous bites than any other in the country — partly because their population is so widespread, according to National Geographic.
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