Unluckiest Hunter In America Bitten In The Face By Copperhead

One hunter has been dubbed the unluckiest man in America after jumping headfirst into a snake bite. He was reportedly fortunate enough to get to a hospital fast enough to get treatment from the bite.

Tyler Hardy, the hunter, was bringing back his dog pack to the truck on Wednesday following a hunting trip in Mississippi, according to the media reports.

He came across a flooded ditch whereupon he found a section he could jump across. That is when he suddenly felt a searing pain on the left side of his head.

He claimed that as soon as it hit him, he thought it was a massive impact because the snake struck very hard. Hardy told the media that he thought someone had shot him or hit him with an ax.

It knocked the air out of him, and he could not believe the force which had struck him.

When Hardy checked to see the source of the pain, he found the last thing he was expecting allegedly.

He backed up and shined his light to see what was in the tree to see a snake coiled on a limb. In a sick twist, the snake decided to bite again, and this time it fell out of the tree.

He was lucky enough to be with someone else, Michael Kirkpatrick. The two of them were able to see the snake was a copperhead.

They quickly loaded their gear on to their vehicle, and Hardy stated he began to feel the effects of the venom immediately, which was a burning and swelling sensation.

His wife is a nurse and was able to set up antivenin in a nearby emergency room. Hardy was then airlifted to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Terry Vandeventer, a herpetologist, spoke about the case with media outlets saying it may not be unusual for copperheads to climb trees during the warmer months, but the fact that it was in the tree in January during winter is unheard of.

He doubts that it went the way the two men described it did, but if that was the case, then Vandenter described him as the unluckiest hunter in America.

The working theory at this time is the snake may have climbed the tree because of a recent flash flooding in the area, so it was seeking shelter and quite irritable. The two men were immediately seen as a threat, so the snake acted defensively.