Big Rattlesnake

[HomeBrewerDude]

devilslakerattler.jpg

Supposedly it was 9 feet long and 80 pounds or something like that, but that is rather unconfirmed at the moment.

Starting to look like a typical internet story...

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
hahah

okay I've found this on Google:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...6svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

 

[waggy]

wow that is huge.

 

[pnad]

That pic was not taken at Devil's Lake. Looks more like the old munitions plant down Hwy12. Is there a news article?

 

[BoomerD]

BIG fvcking snake! was it found on a plane?

 

[txrandom]

Damn, in Wisconsin?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: pnad
That pic was not taken at Devil's Lake. Looks more like the old munitions plant down Hwy12. Is there a news article?

you're right, that is at the munitions plant. However, the snake is reported to be caught at Devil's Lake. I'm looking for some newspaper cites.

 

[MisterJackson]

Eat it!

 

[krunchykrome]

Good god, looks like something outta doom 3

 

[Armitage]

I've seen the same picture attributed top someplace in Texas. And there's no way that's a 9', 80# snake. More like 4 or 5 feet and maybe 15 pounds. You think that guy could hold 80 pounds out on the end of a pole like that?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Eat it!

yeap. lots of people like it. I tried it once when i was younger. i was not to impressed. but then again i am a snake lover so that may have tainted the taste.

 

[purbeast0]

something about that pic doesnt seem real. i mean he looks like he's hardly putting any effort to hold that thing up. i remember school when I was a kid and they brought in the 13 foot boa constrictor, and it took like 5 people to hold it becausde it was so heavy and long.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

hahah

okay I've found this on Google:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...6svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

 

[DeadByDawn]

80 lbs my ass

he's just holding it out towards the camera.

it's still a big rattler though

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: Armitage
I've seen the same picture attributed top someplace in Texas. And there's no way that's a 9', 80# snake. More like 4 or 5 feet and maybe 15 pounds. You think that guy could hold 80 pounds out on the end of a pole like that?

I think you are way underestimating. It's clearly longer than 4 or 5 feet. I don't know how tall that guy is, but he's got to be over 5 ft tall. The snake's rattle is basically right at ground level. The body of the snake then extends nearly the full height of the guy and then about 3/4 of the way back down. Granted, he's holding it closer to the camera so that throws things off a bit, but it's easily well past 5 feet. Also, he is holding the pole with two hands so he actually could be holding 80 pounds. I don't know if it actually weighs that much, but I bet it is well past 15 pounds.

 

[TTM77]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
something about that pic doesnt seem real. i mean he looks like he's hardly putting any effort to hold that thing up. i remember school when I was a kid and they brought in the 13 foot boa constrictor, and it took like 5 people to hold it becausde it was so heavy and long.

U're right, snake that big would be heavy.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Eat it!

yeap. lots of people like it. I tried it once when i was younger. i was not to impressed. but then again i am a snake lover so that may have tainted the taste.

That snake's diet probably consist of mostly mice and other rodents. Barf!

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Eat it!

yeap. lots of people like it. I tried it once when i was younger. i was not to impressed. but then again i am a snake lover so that may have tainted the taste.

That snake's diet probably consist of mostly mice and other rodents. Barf!

Ever eaten pork?

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: Thraxen

Originally posted by: Armitage
I've seen the same picture attributed top someplace in Texas. And there's no way that's a 9', 80# snake. More like 4 or 5 feet and maybe 15 pounds. You think that guy could hold 80 pounds out on the end of a pole like that?

I think you are way underestimating. It's clearly longer than 4 or 5 feet. I don't know how tall that guy is, but he's got to be over 5 ft tall. The snake's rattle is basically right at ground level. The body of the snake then extends nearly the full height of the guy and then about 3/4 of the way back down. Granted, he's holding it closer to the camera so that throws things off a bit, but it's easily well past 5 feet. Also, he is holding the pole with two hands so he actually could be holding 80 pounds. I don't know if it actually weighs that much, but I bet it is well past 15 pounds.

It's the perspective that's getting you. I'd put money that the snake isn't more the 5 feet long.
As for the 80 pounds - that's just short of the weight of 10 gallons of water. So tie a rope onto two of those 5 gallon water jugs and the other to the end of a 3 foot stick. See if you could pick it up and stand with it the way this guy is.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn

Originally posted by: jtvang125

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Eat it!

yeap. lots of people like it. I tried it once when i was younger. i was not to impressed. but then again i am a snake lover so that may have tainted the taste.

That snake's diet probably consist of mostly mice and other rodents. Barf!

Ever eaten pork?[/]

I'm pretty sure the diet of a pig raised for meat is better controlled than a snake in the wild.