Poisonous Snake Bites Man at His Home

March 24, 2008 - 4:01pm

The Canebrake rattlesnake can be found from Southern Virginia to south of the Florida pandhandle.

Neal Augenstein, WTOP Radio

ARLINGTON, Va. - A high school coach is hospitalized, after a rattling encounter with a poisonous snake in his home Monday morning.

Andrew Bacas, a crew coach at Yorktown High School, was at his home on Venice Street when a rattlesnake slithered out of his athletic bag and bit him on his palm.

The snake, a juvenile Canebrake rattlesnake, likely got into the bag during the man's recent visit to South Carolina, officials say.

Emergency responders used a fire extinguisher to freeze the snake, which was taken to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.

Bacas was taken to the hospital for anti-venom treatment. He is expected to fully recover.

Neal Augenstein, WTOP Radio

ARLINGTON, Va. - A high school coach is hospitalized, after a rattling encounter with a poisonous snake in his home Monday morning.

Andrew Bacas, a crew coach at Yorktown High School, was at his home on Venice Street when a rattlesnake slithered out of his athletic bag and bit him on his palm.

The snake, a juvenile Canebrake rattlesnake, likely got into the bag during the man's recent visit to South Carolina, officials say.

Emergency responders used a fire extinguisher to freeze the snake, which was taken to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.

Bacas was taken to the hospital for anti-venom treatment. He is expected to fully recover.

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