I read the Fox News article on this just before coming onto the site this evening.

Apparently, the guys girlfriend was in another room, the Gila Monster broke out of its enclosure and bit the man on the hand. He made some sort of sound that the girlfriend said "didn't sound right" and she came into the room he was in to find him on the floor with the Gila Monster latched onto his hand. She immediately called 911 (reporting an "animal bite") after seeing her boyfriend "violently vomiting and he 'ceased breathing'". He died 4 days after getting bit.

Yeah, reptiles aren't "warm and friendly" creatures to have as pets and could never understand the desire to have one myself. I'm the sort of guy who won't play with fire because I realize that eventually I'll get burned.