India, Aug. 18 -- A man has died after being bitten by a venomous timber rattlesnake at Savage Gulf State Park in Tennessee, officials confirmed. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was hiking near the 55th Avenue trailhead in Gruelti-Laager, about 60 miles northwest of Chattanooga, when the incident occurred on August 8, according to ABC News.

Grundy County Emergency Management Director Matthew Griffith told the outlet that witnesses reported the man had picked up the snake and was bitten on the hand. Paramedics arrived at the scene around 12.30 pm (local time) and administered CPR and transported him to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

Officials believed the snake was a timber rattlesnake, the largest and most ven...