It is my belief that the primary reason for the superstition surrounding the “weakness” of copperhead envenomation is the fact that most locals misidentify the harmless snake that bit them as a copperhead. I have seen it first hand in North Carolina. Miracle moonshine recovery after being bitten by a water snake. This was terribly unfortunate, sounds like the guy must have stepped right on it, which would cause the snake to react and bite down really hard. Still is quite a rarity I would imagine, which is a good thing. The victim sounds like a good guy, a real tragedy. I never liked the cutesy term “hots”, all of these things are “poisonous”. In honor of the late Jim West, let’s not forget it.

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