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[1srelluc]

80-Year-Old Snake Researcher, Former Paratrooper, Dies After Rattlesnake Bite​

An 80-year-old West Virginia snake researcher and Vietnam War veteran died earlier this month after he was bit by a rattlesnake, according to his family.

William H. “Marty” Martin was bitten by a timber rattlesnake on his property in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, on August 2 and died the next day. He was known as one of the top experts on eastern timber rattlers, a subject he had studied for decades.

According to fellow researchers, Martin was still active in the field and going on expeditions into remote areas to find and document snake populations up until he died from the bite of a captive snake.

“He was a larger-than-life character,” said Joe Villari, manager of the Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve. “He absolutely loved to bring anyone into his world: naturalists, other herpetologists, interested hikers. He was one of a kind.”

80-Year-Old Snake Researcher, Former Paratrooper, Dies After Rattlesnake Bite | The Daily Wire

RIP.....He died doing what he loved.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

80-Year-Old Snake Researcher, Former Paratrooper, Dies After Rattlesnake Bite​

An 80-year-old West Virginia snake researcher and Vietnam War veteran died earlier this month after he was bit by a rattlesnake, according to his family.

William H. “Marty” Martin was bitten by a timber rattlesnake on his property in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, on August 2 and died the next day. He was known as one of the top experts on eastern timber rattlers, a subject he had studied for decades.

According to fellow researchers, Martin was still active in the field and going on expeditions into remote areas to find and document snake populations up until he died from the bite of a captive snake.

“He was a larger-than-life character,” said Joe Villari, manager of the Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve. “He absolutely loved to bring anyone into his world: naturalists, other herpetologists, interested hikers. He was one of a kind.”

80-Year-Old Snake Researcher, Former Paratrooper, Dies After Rattlesnake Bite | The Daily Wire

RIP.....He died doing what he loved.

I would really hate to see what happens to someone who "ISNT" an expert on rattlesnakes..

 

[JGalt]

Johnny No-Shoulders with the buzzy tail is nothing to fuck around with.

Mr. 80 Year-Old Snake Researcher fucked around with it and found out the hard way.

 

[1srelluc]

Johnny No-Shoulders with the buzzy tail is nothing to fuck around with.

Mr. 80 Year-Old Snake Researcher fucked around with it and found out the hard way.

Likely did what so many of the type do.....Slipped-up on something he did a thousand times.

I guess 80 is the bail-out age for venomous snake wranglers.

 

[JGalt]

Likely did what so many of the type do.....Slipped-up on something he did a thousand times.

I guess 80 is the bail-out age for venomous snake wranglers.

At least he died doing what he loved the most.

 

[whitehall]

Too bad. Maybe the guy should have retired when his reflexes and eyesight were top notch.

 

[BULLDOG]

At least he died doing what he loved the most.

If he loved being snake bit, he was nuts.

 

[1srelluc]

If he loved being snake bit, he was nuts.

In my experience those types of folks (snake handlers) are a bit off-kilter.

 

[whitehall]

Suicide by snake? Stranger things have happened.