KXAS (Dallas) Meteorologist Finfrock was helping the local Audubon center clear some brush when he got quite a surprise.

Finfrock was bitten by a rattlesnake as he was doing the clearing. "I guess it was cold," Finfrock said. "This one didn't make a sound. I made one though when it struck me!”

He said he saw the big snake slither away and guessed he was about 4 feet long. "He was much too big and scary to tangle with barehanded," Finfrock said.

He posted about it on Twitter and then went on air to tell viewers what happened.

Rattlesnake bite and all, he still made room for his Emmy.