‘I don’t want to die like this’: Surfer bitten by a rattlesnake five times
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A surfer from San Diego, California, has recalled his frightening encounter with a diamondback rattlesnake, which bit him five times. “Like it was sharp pain and I look down and there’s a snake attached to my foot,” said Mr Gmyr, who remembered seeing a juvenile diamondback rattlesnake around one and a half feet in length. After surfing and getting bitten by a rattlesnake?’” He said lifeguards and paramedics immediately arrived at the scene and that he was rushed to a hospital in La Jolla, about seven miles south of Torrey Pines Beach. San Diego’s wildlife department advises anybody stung by a rattlesnake to remain calm, and to wash the wound with soap and water while calling for help.
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