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[tsmba]

Imagine yourself ambling through the woods on a fine fall day. You are enjoying the beautiful autumn colors, then you step over a fallen tree. Suddenly, you hear a sound like a dozen loose snares....you turn and look into these eyes......

http://www.buckbusters.us/89_pound_rattlesnake

Talk about heebie-jeebies!!

 

[WhosYerBob]

I've seen a buncha rattlers over the years while hiking and camping, but *never* that freaking big!

 

[airplanedoc]

Aren't eastern diamondbacks generally larger than the western? Think how big the comparable eastern diamondback could be.

 

[JoshSD]

That's gonna make one helluva belt

 

[RBE17]

That's gonna make one helluva belt

or pair of boots.

FWIW, I don't think that thing weighs 89lbs. I did some searching on Snopes because I saw a similar picture a few months ago. While I didn't see anything concerning that picture, there was mention that the record weight rattlesnake is only like 11 lbs or very close and that one was ~6'-8' long.

 

[RichGem]

And from the same site as the OP:

No home should be without.

 

[RBE17]

No home should be without.

Agreed. I have a room in our house that has a 12' ceiling and huge space between two windows. Someday, that space will be filled w/ monster whitetail mounts and an elk mount.

 

[bigred90gt]

A simple photography trick. The snake is pretty far away from his body, and pretty close to the camera. If you look, you can see how out of focus his face is, but how crisp the snake is. That snake MIGHT be 4' long. If it was just under 8' long, he would be over 7' tall EASILY.

 

[azmark]

I've run into some rattlers hunting in my time but nothing even that close.

 

[mdunn]

ive seen some big snakes down here, but that thing is huuuuuuge!

 

[chainfire]

Am I the only one who thinks the photo looks like it could be a forced perspective thing? No doubt it's a big snake, but the fact that he's a bit blurry and the snake's clear makes me wonder if he's not quite a bit behind the thing holding it far out in front of himself?

 

[Thebigspendur]

I've seen some pretty big rattlers in South Texas in the Brownsville area but none quite that big.

 

[bigred90gt]

A simple photography trick. The snake is pretty far away from his body, and pretty close to the camera. If you look, you can see how out of focus his face is, but how crisp the snake is. That snake MIGHT be 4' long. If it was just under 8' long, he would be over 7' tall EASILY.

Am I the only one who thinks the photo looks like it could be a forced perspective thing? No doubt it's a big snake, but the fact that he's a bit blurry and the snake's clear makes me wonder if he's not quite a bit behind the thing holding it far out in front of himself?

No, you're not the only one.

 

[chainfire]

No, you're not the only one.

sorry somehow missed your post...great minds think alike I guess!

 

[The Nid Hog]

Am I the only one who thinks the photo looks like it could be a forced perspective thing? No doubt it's a big snake, but the fact that he's a bit blurry and the snake's clear makes me wonder if he's not quite a bit behind the thing holding it far out in front of himself?

Right--nobody wrote about how the guy holding the snake has a dog that's so small that it could fit in his pocket.

 

[Hreafn]

Its a good 6 feet prolly closer to 7, judging by the head and tail as far as how heavy 10-15 pounds.

 

[BEAR DEN]

I'm going to go with fake picture on this one.

 

[Argonaut]

We're not known for rattlers around here. Especially one that size, besides, they're gonna tell me they stumbled across it dove hunting and brought it back alive? I vote for phonie story, real but embellished picture, false weight and measurements.

 

[Hreafn]

we dont get them that big up this way, but the ones we have are mean.

 

[FLTiger]

ive seen some big snakes down here, but that thing is huuuuuuge!

This reminded me of Tiny Elvis for some reason (the ancient Windows app, not the SNL skit).