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Rattlesnake bites 67-year-old MLB fan at spring training

Published Mar. 9, 2016 9:53 a.m. ET

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Nick Schwartz

Each year, 67-year-old Ralph Shelton drives his RV to Arizona and spends the entire month watching spring training games. On Sunday night in El Mirage, Arizona, Shelton heard a noise from under his RV and went outside to inspect, but when he reached under the RV he was bitten on the arm by a rattlesnake. His first thought? "Man, that was dumb."

Via the Arizona Republic:

Shelton's blood pressure dropped to a dangerously low level, and doctors told him he was lucky to be alive. 

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