Girl, 13, Bitten by Rattlesnake at Stony Creek Metropark

Written by Timothy Rath

A walk with family at Stony Creek Metropark on Tuesday turned frightening for Caylee Kapa, 13, who was bitten by a rare venomous snake, according to a report in the Detroit Free Press.

Michigan’s only venomous snake, the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, is seen at the Huron-Clinton Metropark occasionally, according to park officials quoted in the story. Their bodies are thick and colored with a pattern of dark brown slightly rectangular patches set against a light gray-to-brown background.

Kapa was hospitalized and is recuperating at Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital.