A young man got a nasty surprise when he tried to catch a rat snake that had entered a house. He had no safety gear and was trying to handle it with his bare hands when the snake bit him on the leg.

SPOKANE, Wash. – A man was bitten by a gopher snake on the Centennial Trail after stepping on it. Pest control expert Elmer Bensinger explained that such incidents are rare and gopher snakes are not ...