Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a man in Connecticut who tried to save a rattlesnake that was in the road and ended up being bit. He's had a history of of animal encounters and we give him the name, Dr. Dumblittle.
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00:00well we always say trust no one help no one but that doesn't just apply to humans
00:12it applies to snakes as well yeah you can't trust them trust no snake help no snake isn't there
00:18some kind of like uh i don't know if it'd be like a parable or whatever it is about like a snake and
00:24like a rabbit and getting across a a river and then at the end the snake bites him and it's like
00:31dude i'm a snake like what are you you moron why would you ever trust me i'm a snake this animal
00:37lover from connecticut tried to help a snake off the road he's gonna tell the oh no no yeah no no
00:47no no no stay away from snakes yes and of course he got bit yes by the snake and nearly died what
00:56nearly died because of it here's his story now from wfsb tv it sounded like he was trying to make
01:06like almost a funny voice like at first i thought he was messing with me britney hillmire is used to
01:10her daughter's father joey richardella being a jokester but this time no joke he was getting
01:17to the point he really couldn't talk and you couldn't understand him it was like trying to
01:22talk to somebody with a mouthful of marbles not a laughing matter indeed her daughter's father was
01:27bitten by a rattlesnake and it turns out the venom was affecting his breathing he has had a bat in his
01:33house at one point that had a broken wing that he was trying to fix uh last week
01:38yeah joseph what the hell is that a bat yeah see what are you doing with a bat in your house
01:47i take care of you he's like a really unqualified dr doolittle that's yeah no skills stressful being
01:55with that guy oh my god what is dr dumb little gonna do next be bunny he's an animal lover hillmire
02:02was not surprised when hearing richardella went out of his way to help a rattlesnake he came across
02:07in the middle of the road he wanted to move it before it got hit so he threw his shirt over the
02:12head thinking that that would keep him safe and he picked it up to move it out of the road and it
02:17bit him in the hand richardella made his way back to his car then drove himself to the nearest hospital
02:22in torrington his respiratory system failing he even went into cardiac arrest doctors told hillmire
02:29only one thing would save him anti-venom the short supply at charlotte hungerford led to him being
02:35moved to harford hospital i guess a lot of hospitals it's not common for them to carry like large amounts
02:41of anti-venom only two venomous snakes live in the state the northern rattlesnake or the timber
02:47rattlesnake richardella's family says he tried to help deep says if you encounter either species
02:53observe it from a distance calmly and slowly back away and allow the snake to go on its own
02:59the bites from the timbers can be fatal richardella's family says he's lucky and he will recover for at
03:05least one week in the hospital they're waiting for the swelling to go down and then he won't be
03:10sedated so heavily anymore and that's when he'll be able to talk he's still talking like he has a
03:16mouth full of marbles right now apparently my god i'm amazed that she's not embarrassed she's just
03:24used to like she should be in hiding right yes like i think some women just get used to their man being
03:31this guy but she is his former girlfriend they just share a daughter so she oh so she knew yeah
03:41she was yeah don't go on the news yeah like when he tried to help that alligator with the cavity that
03:45was it that was the last straw that thing had a sore tooth and he's got a drill
03:54here gator gator yep you gotta sign up for the you know your health plan better be really good with
04:01this guy yeah oh man he's in the hospital a lot yeah he is oh he's got the mouth full of marbles
04:06thing again because he tried to help a snake across the road it's tough because she's in a
04:11situation where she's like yeah uh he's my ex he's a total dumb ass but at the same time
04:18that's the father of my daughter so i can't be too harsh on this guy or she's gonna hear it
04:24that snake must have been like what are you doing seriously i've got this yeah everything's okay
04:30crossing the street i almost slammed into the back of a guy on a road in florida a couple years ago
04:39because he came to a absolute crazy stop because he saw a turtle oh yeah i do hate when i see those
04:48turtles in the road you got to pull over and help them i don't know what those but you don't risk
04:51someone rear-ending no you pull over you can't just stop like an like he stopped and slammed on his
04:58brakes in the middle of the road i had to do the one like pull your car to the side bad yeah so i
05:04wouldn't hit him but like if it's a snake
05:10like don't you just yeah what you just keep i mean but you can't don't veer for deer so you
05:18ain't gonna swear for snakes that's what i'm saying and i mean like one less rattlesnake is probably
05:24okay in an area where there's a lot of rattlesnakes not to dr dumlittle i know to save them no it
05:29looked like they had video of him like touching a squirrel that clearly looked like it had rabies
05:34he'll just take a risk on anything he will yeah i know i know right you can tell right no the
05:47hairstyle the hairstyle gives it away he is not a bright the hairstyle i had to help that badger with
05:54pink eye
06:01really like don't ever let this man go anywhere where the animals are more dangerous yeah
06:06no right my god like a safari no it's just wild to me with those anti-venoms like they have to have
06:12the specific one oh yeah i think so so like you get bit by something crazy you just hope that the
06:18hospital has it they just look at you like sorry yeah no joke what'd you call that hairstyle he's
06:23i don't know it looks like it's a caesar it is a i'd say i'd call it the greasy caesar the greasy caesar
06:31it's like a doily of hair they dropped on him
06:35it's little fingerlets of hair that are squished flat to his head yeah
06:41yeah and very styled overly he's like a latino rob schneider
06:47yeah yeah yep like if i had to hire someone to play him it would be rob schneider right like get
06:54him in get him for dr dumb little give him that haircut but you can't help a snake cross the road
07:01okay bottom bottom line here people you just can't
07:04no