LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Avid hiker Tyler Roach tells News 19 that he's at home recovering from a nightmare of a hike. Last Thursday, Roach was bitten by a venomous snake while in Bankhead National Forest.

When News 19 spoke to him about the ordeal, Roach said the first reaction from his friends and family was "really, it happened again?" That's because this isn't the first time he's been bitten by a venomous snake.

Roach said the first bite happened back in 2020 and was less severe.

He told News 19 that when this bite happened, he was hiking the Big Tree Loop in Bankhead National Forest with his dad.

"It felt like thorns had hit me in the back of the leg," he said. "At which point I turned around and saw a fairly large snake pulling off of my calf and scurry into the grass."

He

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