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A video of an influencer recording himself after getting bitten by a venomous snake has taken the internet by storm.
The life-threatening incident will send chills down your spine. (Photo Credits: X)
In a bizarre event, a social media influencer has gone viral for recording himself after getting bitten by a snake in Florida. David Humplett is a 25-year-old is an up-and-coming wildlife influencer who was rummaging through some woods off a roadway on Shired Island in Dixie County. Accompanied by his friends, the Gainesville resident searched for snakes on December 18 before a diamondback rattlesnake found him. Once bitten, the young influencer quickly began filming himself. Humplett pulled up his jeans to show his freshly bleeding wound to the camera as his friends watched him in stunned silence. “Welp, I’m cooked,” he said, as per multiple outlets. The incident’s clip was later shared by internet personality Collin Rugg on X.
NEW: Florida man accepts his fate after being bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake, says he is “cooked” but at least it will make a good meme. Gotta respect his commitment to the meme game.
Social media influencer David Humphlett told the snake “good game” (gg) before he was… pic.twitter.com/Vmwh4ve3RT
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 31, 2024
David Humplett tried to stay calm during the severe situation. He jokingly complimented the snake after the bite. “What a meme dude! Cool snake. Big diamondback. GG (good game),” he said. Humplett, however, acknowledged that he was in some big trouble. He described the diamondback rattlesnake as the ‘worst’ snake that one can be bitten by in Florida. Humplett tried to be positive about the situation and suggested they should get some photographs. “Let’s get the pictures of it first. I mean, we’re already screwed anyways,” he said.
Following the life-threatening encounter, David Humplett was raised to a Cross City fire station from where he was taken to UF Health Shands by helicopter. Recounting the incident, the influencer claimed he understood the situation was indeed ‘really bad’. “My reaction was just like dang it, this is really bad. I might lose my leg. It was pretty scary because my whole body went numb head to toe,” he said as per WCJB.com. A familiar face was waiting for Humplett at the hospital, his wife Emma Rynear who worked as a UF Health nurse. Speaking about her husband’s accident she said, “Internally, I’m panicking but externally, I’m reassuring him, ‘You’re going to be fine.’”
The doctors at the UF Health Shands Hospital had to give David Humplett 88 antivenom injections into his leg. Two weeks after the incident, the young influencer remains in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit. Despite the ordeal, Humplett did not hold any hard feelings against his assailant. The 25-year-old claimed the snake saw him as a threat and was only trying to defend himself. Humplett is now excited to get back into the wild after getting discharged from the hospital.
