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Post by NitroHunter on Jun 24, 2005 17:54:58 GMT -5
I was in a local store the other day and the owner had a pic hanging up of a rattlesnake that was supposed to have been caught alive pretty close to here.
According to what was written on the pic, it was 831/2 inches long and had 42 buttons.This thing was huge to say the least, It's body looked to be as big as mans leg.
The pic had been printed from the net and said that it was caught on Black Mountain on 6-12-05, and told the length and how many buttons it had.
I've searched everywhere I can think of to try and find this pic, but I've not had any luck yet.
I'm kinda thinking it could be a Hogzilla type deal.
If anybody does find it ,post it on here or email it to me.
I'd appreciate it.
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Post by hunt4fun1 on Jun 25, 2005 8:43:50 GMT -5
I woulda ate it.
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Post by BGH228 on Jun 25, 2005 11:48:34 GMT -5
I have searched and searched and can't find a thing about it.
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Post by NitroHunter on Jun 25, 2005 12:07:50 GMT -5
It is probably just a hoax........Surely one that big could be found on the net somewhere.
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Post by Beard~Buster on Jun 26, 2005 7:11:51 GMT -5
Is this the same one of a man holding it by the tail  If so , I seen it on another site, I'll try and find it  |
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Post by NitroHunter on Jun 26, 2005 8:21:44 GMT -5
Two guys were holding this one with one of those snare type things that people catch snakes with.
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Post by Hunter on Jun 30, 2005 15:26:53 GMT -5
I'd like to see a pic of it also. I've been hearing alot about it here too.
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Post by Hunter on Jun 30, 2005 15:39:16 GMT -5
I justed noticed with my post that someone really loves me! My karma is -1. ;D
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Post by Hunter on Jun 30, 2005 16:23:23 GMT -5
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Post by deerslayer11 on Jun 30, 2005 16:40:05 GMT -5
Anyway you look at it it is a big ass snake!
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Post by NitroHunter on Jun 30, 2005 17:29:22 GMT -5
Same picture, According to one of the posts on that board, the pic is 12-15 years old.
it apparently is a hoax, they said the snake was being held close to the camera with a long stick to make it look bigger.
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Post by hunt4fun1 on Jun 30, 2005 18:24:40 GMT -5
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Post by Hunter on Jun 30, 2005 22:15:53 GMT -5
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Post by Hunter on Jul 11, 2005 18:39:06 GMT -5
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Just like a fish tale, it gets bigger with each telling.
Captions accompanying a photograph of three men and a giant rattlesnake, passed from inbox to inbox by e-mail, claim the scary-looking serpent was found in the hills of Clay County. In some notes, it's purported to be 8 feet long and 50 pounds. Others claim it weighed in at 118.
But an expert in such matters says it's likely no more than 10 pounds, held closer to the camera just like many a fish - to make it look larger than it really is. And it's not from West Virginia.
The photograph shows three men, two in jeans and matching tan shirts with embroidered name tags. The face of the third man, clad in a navy windbreaker, is obscured by the snake.
Though it was alive and healthy at the time of the photo, the snake is a western diamondback rattler that does not live east of the Mississippi River, concludes D. Bruce Means, executive director of the Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy in Tallahassee, Fla.
"Any attempt to claim that this is a giant snake, or that it naturally occurs in the Appalachian region, is purely bunk," Means said Thursday in response to an e-mail from The Associated Press.
Keith Bartley has been saying the same thing for days, answering "a million questions" from Fola Coal Co. headquarters in Bickmore, where the captions claim the snake was found.
"It's unequivocally not ours," said Bartley, vice president of Fola. "It's a false story. There is no truth to it whatsoever."
It's unclear who took the original picture and where, and just how the West Virginia connection came to be.
However, "that snake did not come from here," Bartley said. "Shoot, if there was a snake like that, I wouldn't go back out there."
But that doesn't keep the rumors from spreading or the phones from ringing.
"It's got a life of its own," he said.
At 84 Lumber in Elkview, the photo has been behind the checkout counter for the past three weeks, where employee Kirk McKown has heard every story imaginable.
"I heard that someone got one bigger," he said, laughing. "Some people say it's not real. Some people say it's 15 years old. We've heard every snake story in the book."
And now that he knows the truth, will he take the picture down?
"We may leave it up," McKown said. "See, I've got a new story now."
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Post by NitroHunter on Jul 11, 2005 19:06:03 GMT -5
Pretty cool. thanks for helping us find a little truth to the tale.
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