VCSTAR: Rattlesnake bite sends Ventura County teen to hospital for days

"...When she hit a particularly narrow stretch, the 14-year-old got off her bike to walk through but slipped on an uneven patch of ground...."

(paywall, paper has hardly any content nowadays)

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2026/04/03/rattlesnake-bite-sends-newbury-park-teen-to-hospital-for-days/89341284007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119936p119950c119950e003700v119936d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=32&gca-ds=sophi

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Rattlesnake bite sends Ventura County teen to hospital for days

A Newbury Park teen was hospitalized for days after a rattlesnake bite. Here's what happened.

Ventura County Star
@ai6yr this is all so weird to me... they're rattlesnakes. I've met rattlesnakes. They rattle, you step back, they snake on past... nobody gets hurt. They're not in my experience looking to just snack a leg.
@d_rift @ai6yr I've known 14 year olds who were constantly wearing headphones and wouldn't hear a rattlesnake.