This is why I don't buy my shoes at Wal-Mart.

[Terminal23]

Link was not working so I just copied story.

Man bitten by rattler while shopping at Wal-Mart

Associated Press




BROWNWOOD, Texas -- Police say a man was bitten by a rattlesnake while shopping for shoes in a Wal-Mart store in Texas.

Douglas Hatchett of Brownwood was examining shoes on a rack when a rattlesnake concealed behind a shoebox bit him yesterday. The snake fell to the floor, where Hatchett stomped it to death.

Police, fire and emergency medical crews were called to the scene.

The 31-year-old shopper and the dead snake were hustled to Brownwood Regional Medical Center. There, the snake was confirmed as a rattler, and Hatchett was treated and released.

Wal-Mart officials say the matter's being investigated and they have no comment.

Brownwood is about 120 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

[Target]

This wasn't payback for looking at snake-skin boots was it??

[DallasDon]

Well, the rattlers are lookin for a place to "den up" this time of year in them thar parts.

Come March, they'll have a "rattlesnake roundup", and skin and eat pickup loads of them......

[Theophylact]

According to NPR's Morning Edition, at least one employee said that the snake didn't look freshly killed. Perhaps this guy's fraudulently preparing a damage suit against Wal-Mart...?

[Cruez]

That's what I was thinking.... Here comes another lawsuit...

[osprey4]

Hoax?

Do you think someone would perpetrate a hoax just so he could sue the world's largest retailer?

[DPA]

he seems to only be looking for money to cover the medical bills... not sue them for everything but their jock strap.