A hiker last week died from a snakebite in the Savage Gulf State Park in Grundy County.
According to media reports, park officials responded to a call for help, and the bitten hiker was discovered a half-mile from the trailhead. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.
No other details were available, including the species of snake. There are three venomous species in Tennessee: rattlesnakes (two types, timber and pigmy), copperheads and cottonmouths…