Terrifying second rattlesnake immediately assaults lady exterior her California house

A rattlesnake’s horrifying chunk on a lady’s foot in Los Angeles County was caught on video — and the second she raced to save lots of her personal life.

Santa Clarita Valley resident Linda Martin walked out to are inclined to her roses with naked legs and no sneakers on, leaving her with no safety from the rattlesnake’s strike.

The serpent sunk its fangs into the girl’s toes, and her screams are heard on video. She by no means heard the snake’s warning rattle.

“I went and lifted the bush, and that’s once I noticed the rattler,” Martin instructed CBS Information. Martin then ran again inside.

In seconds, Martin says she was already feeling the venom of the terrifying snake’s chunk.

“Inside 30 to 45 seconds, I began feeling tingling in my fingertips,” Martin mentioned. “It moved into my jaw, my cheeks, my tongue.”

When she tried to name 911, her cell sign failed. She lives in a small neighborhood known as Stevenson Ranch close to Santa Clarita.

The failed name added to her nervousness. Her second and third calls additionally failed, leaving her with little alternative however to behave on her personal together with her husband’s assist.

“Dialed a second time, it didn’t even join,” she mentioned. “Dialed a 3rd time, and my husband simply mentioned, ‘Get within the automotive.’”

“Had my husband not been house, and I used to be right here alone, I don’t know what would have occurred,” Martin added.

The pair raced to the hospital, and he or she acquired antivenom after the 10-minute drive.

Martin survived the ordeal. Rattlesnake chunk incidents like hers have gotten increasingly more frequent in California.

Lee Cantrell, a director on the California Poison Management System, instructed CBS Information the state is outpacing final yr in calls about rattlesnake bites.

“Final yr, we had just a little over 400 calls about rattlesnake bites,” he mentioned. “And thus far, within the first six months of 2026, we’ve had 250 calls.”

The state is on observe to see 20% extra rattlesnake bites this yr, he mentioned. Three individuals have died from bites from venomous snakes in California in 2026 thus far.

Cantrell says it may very well be as a result of the rattlesnakes got here out earlier.

“This yr, we had form of a heat early spring, and so that would have fostered rattlesnakes popping out of hibernation earlier,” Cantrell mentioned. 

Martin mentioned the expertise taught her to be way more cautious when tending to her prized roses.

“I used to be laughing. Subsequent time within the backyard, I’m going to put on a hazmat swimsuit, as a result of I’m afraid to go,” she mentioned. “However I definitely gained’t go gardening with out sporting boots.”

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