DIXIE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida-based social media influencer is sharing his journey to recovery after a dangerous encounter with a rattlesnake.
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David Humphlett, known as David Orin on social media, was bitten by an eastern diamondback while documenting his snake-searching adventures in Dixie County.
After the bite, he captured the moment on camera.
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“Once I got in the car my whole body shut down from the venom,” Humphlett said. “You go numb, you go tingly, you can’t feel anything in your body. It’s hard to talk, hard to breathe. I think I had some anaphylaxes as well.”
Humphlett spent two weeks in the hospital and received 88 vials of anti-venom.
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He is now back at home and working to regain function in his leg and continue his admiration of wildlife.
See more in the video above.
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