In September 1995, the Scripps Howard News Service reported that 35 year old
Joe "Buddy" Caine died in Anniston, Alabama of timber rattlesnake bites. It
happened while he and his friend Junior Bright (how funny is that name?) were playing CATCH with it.
Mr. Bright was ALSO hospitalized with bites ("Dang, if this ain't the
bitin'-est snake I ever thowed"

. This got considerable coverage in those
"News of the Wierd" and "Darwin Awards" websites. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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