A camper in Brown County State Park was bitten by a copperhead snake on Saturday.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officers are reporting that 35-year-old Nan Zhang of Carmel and his family were camping in the Taylor Ridge Campground on Saturday evening and were headed to the shower house. That’s when Zhang was bitten by a snake on the foot.

Other campers killed the snake and conservation officers identified it as a copperhead. Zhang was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital in stable condition.

Conservation officers say that copperheads and timber rattlesnakes do live in the park and in southern Indiana but bites to humans are rare. They recommend staying on trails while hiking, looking at the back side of fallen logs before stepping over and wearing sturdy, closed toe footwear.

If you encounter a snake in the woods, simply back away and leave the area. These snakes are not aggressive by nature and rarely, if ever, attack a person.