LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — Mica Craig was shopping in the outdoor garden department of a Wal-Mart in Lewiston, Idaho when he thought he saw a stick lying in the aisle.
He reached down to pick it up, and discovered his mistake when the stick — which was actually a rattlesnake — latched onto his hand.
The 47-year-old Clarkston, Wash., man says he started screaming and managed to shake the snake loose at his feet before stomping it to death.
The Lewiston Tribune (http://bit.ly/J4pfe5 ) reports a bystander drove Craig to a local emergency room. Craig says he was treated with six bags of anti-venom and has been told that his hand may be permanently disfigured. He was bitten on Saturday and said doctors expect him to remain hospitalized until Tuesday.
