Actually..
I don't think you have anything to worry about since they have been exteriminated years back. You have the same chance of being eaten by an albino two headed great white shark in your own bathtub....
Generally, with todays treatment the bite is not a life threatening issue as a whole.....
SOme people have even become envenomated and did NOT seek any medical care. The venom attacks tissue and red blood cells....so the damage is generally local to the wound!
That is why I am desperate to see if any are left in the area.... Southern NH is being built up fast and we are racing to find another population...at least to secure the genetics of it!
Kevin
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