'Like a million bees are stinging you': Raleigh woman talks copperhead snake bite
CHARGES. THANKFULLY, NO
INJURIES REPORT.
BRIAN, THANK YOU. A RALEIGH
WOMAN IS RECOVERING AFTER SHE
SAYS A COPPERHEAD SNAKE.
>> BIT HER ON FRIDAY EVENING.
WRAL'S FLYNN, SNYDER SPOKE WITH
THE WOMAN WHO SAID IT HAPPENED
WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO PROTECT
HER DOGS.
>> A ROUTINE NIGHTTIME WALK
AROUND THE YARD FOR LEASE
AUSTIN'S DOG LANDED. THE 76
YEAR-OLD IN THE ER THAT THEY
WERE WALKING OVER TO THAT AREA
OF THE FENCE AND I SAW THEM
SMELLING SOMETHING LOOKING AT
SOMETHING. THAT'S SOMETHING
AUSTIN SAYS TO KNOW TO BE A
VENOMOUS COPPERHEAD SNAKE.
SO I GRAB MY DOGS TO PULL THEM
AWAY AND THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME
DURING THIS SNAKE WOULD NEXT
BITE HER DOGS. AUSTIN SAYS SHE
KILLED THE REPTILE USING A
GARDENING TOOL BEFORE GOING TO
THE HOSPITAL. AND IT STARTS THE
BURNING LIKE THESE ARE BITING.
YOU. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE
INITIAL SENSATION AND SEE
WILDLIFE OFFICIALS SAY
COPPERHEADS ACCOUNT FOR ROUGHLY
90% OF VENOMOUS SNAKE BITES IN
THE STATE WHILE THEY SHOULD
BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. THEY'RE
BUYING IS NOT CONSIDERED
LIFE-THREATENING. OH, YEAH, I
KNEW RIGHT AWAY THAT WE SPEND
COSTING NOW FACES A TWO-WEEK
RECOVERY IN PLANS TO ADD MORE
OUTDOOR LIGHTING TO BETTER
SEEING HER YARD AT NIGHT.
DON'T BE COMPLACENT BECAUSE
THEY YOU CAN SEE THE MOST OF
THE TIME. THE DEAD COPPERHEAD
NOW SITS IN A DEBRIS PILE IN
AUSTIN'S FRONT YARD. A WARNING
SIGN THE 75 YEAR-OLD SAYS TO