Show man bitten snake dies by marcia thornton seems that utah rattlesnakes just don dont t hold much poison for oregon men earl J thornton who ho has ed in green river 9 months was recently bitten by an approximate ly 2 foot rattler while building a rock monument he picked up a good sized stone and snake too walked about 10 feet when he felt a small nudge O 0 on n h his I 1 s hand the snake had struck h him 1 in on the joint of the little fm im ger mr air thornton promptly dropped the snake killed him took off his glove and could see the fang punctures he then put chrome on the bite and went back to work As he be said it wouldn t have done any good to get excited as he was about 80 miles from town fortunately the bite has never bothered him and he now kicks the rocks over before picking them up |