It’s probably the most Gen-Z snakebite ever documented.
A social media influencer was bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake in Florida whereas filming — saying “I’m cooked” earlier than a mad sprint to the hospital the place he’s preventing for his life.
David Humplett, 25, an up-and-coming wildlife influencer began filming proper after he was bit within the leg by the extremely toxic bellycrawler on Dec 18 whereas he and a few pals rummaged by way of some woods off a roadway on Shired Island, WCJB reported.
“Welp, I’m cooked,” he stated, pulling up his denims to indicate his freshly bleeding wound to the digicam in a video recorded simply after the life-threatening chew.
“What a meme dude!,” the Gen-Zer stated as he turned the digicam to indicate his smiling face.
“Let’s get the pictures of it first. I mean, we’re already screwed anyways,” the boy with venom coursing by way of his veins calmly stated to his pals.
“Cool snake. Big diamondback. GG,” he stated, utilizing slang for “good game.”
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Humplett famous that the diamondback rattlesnake is “the worst snake you can be bit by in Florida” earlier than shutting off the digicam and dashing to the automobile along with his three pals — who’re in surprised disbelief.
He was flown to UF Well being Shands by medical helicopter, in accordance with WCJB.
One other video reveals Humplett within the throes of ache — describing the way it felt like his leg felt prefer it was going to blow up.
Docs have given him 88 antivenom vials injected into his leg which stays purple and disfigured, he stated.
The resilient adventurer stays within the ICU at UF Well being Shands Hospital, the place his spouse works as a nurse.
“Internally, I’m panicking but externally, I’m reassuring him, ‘You’re going to be fine,’” Humplett’s spouse Emma Rynear stated, in accordance with WCJB.
“My team here at work helped me run down to the emergency room to be right there as the helicopter landed.”
Regardless of the ordeal, the positive-minded Humplett doesn’t maintain any onerous emotions towards his assailant.
“The snake is just doing what it does. It perceived me as a threat, and it was just trying to protect itself. I’m not mad at the snake, and I don’t want anyone else to be mad at the snake either,” he instructed the station.
Humplett boasts thousands and thousands of followers on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube.
