(photos) Groom biten by a rattlesnake while taking wedding photos

A groom’s trip to his own wedding reception was recently interrupted when he was bitten by a rattlesnake while taking wedding photos.
Newlyweds Laura and Johnny Benson of Colorado stopped at the Horsetooth Reservoir in Fort Collins, on the way to their wedding reception on Monday, June 20 after their ceremony at a local church.
They were all smiles for the camera—until a rattlesnake jumped onto the walking path, biting Johnny on the ankle. The couple and their wedding photographer, Maddie Mae, jumped into action, anxiously trying to flag down help.
“A Larimer County Park Ranger was driving by, and all three of us started waving furiously at him,” Mae tells. “He rolls down the window and we yelled, ‘He just got bit by a rattlesnake!’ The ranger, obviously not hearing what we said, yelled back, ‘Congratulations!’ at the couple in wedding clothes. But then when he got the message, he came over and had Johnny lay down and elevate his leg while the paramedics were arriving.”
Paramedics escorted Benson and his bride to a local hospital in their wedding clothes. After facing the prospect of a multi-day hospital stay, the couple got the good news that no venom had been injected in Benson and he was symptom free.
Congratulations to the happy couple.



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