Snake Hiding in Gardening Section Bites Lowe’s Customer

A poisonous snake in a tree has bitten a customer at a home improvement store in North Carolina.

A Lowe's home improvement warehouse store is seen on May 22, 2006 in San Bruno, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

DENVER, N.C.—A poisonous snake in a tree has bitten a customer at a home improvement store in North Carolina.

A spokeswoman for Lowe’s Companies Inc. said in an email Tuesday that a customer was bitten in the outdoor lawn and garden center Monday at a store northwest of Charlotte.

Copperhead inside Lowe’s Home Improvement! This was in Denver, NC. 4.5 foot long snake bit employee. #yowza #wral pic.twitter.com/D6CvrMYSti

— Renee Chou (WRAL) (@chouchoutv) May 17, 2016

The East Lincoln Fire Department had said in a Facebook post that the copperhead bit an employee.

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