Rattlesnake bites 67-year-old MLB fan at spring training
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Each year, 67-year-old Ralph Shelton drives his RV to Arizona and spends the entire month watching spring training games. On Sunday night in El Mirage, Arizona, Shelton heard a noise from under his RV and went outside to inspect, but when he reached under the RV he was bitten on the arm by a rattlesnake. His first thought? "Man, that was dumb."
Via the Arizona Republic:
"Shelton said he didn't feel any of the venom that worked its way through his system. A doctor told him later the venom expanded his arteries, and would have eventually stopped his blood from flowing.
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Shelton, who already takes medication for his blood pressure, passed out from the loss of pressure. He was then flown to Banner-University Medical Center Phoenix, where he spent most of the night undergoing tests."
Shelton's blood pressure dropped to a dangerously low level, and doctors told him he was lucky to be alive.