Here’s a wild-ride story that starts well within the natural realm but ends up with you writhing on the ground in financial pain. It’s also where nature and the nature of Mann mix it up.
A few weeks back, Todd Fassler became one of approximately 8,000 people annually bitten by poisonous snakes in America. It took place in San Diego County. However, this was not one of your average 8,000-a-year fangings. Fassler was snake bit while trying to take a selfie of himself and a rattlesnake. Oh, I jest not.
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