John,



I've had that image sent to me no less than 3 dozen times over the last 18 months. There seems to be three different versions of the story that goes with it. The one that seems to be most popular claims that it was taken from the Turkey Creek Gas Plant up in the Texas Panhandle. Some clainm that it was taken from a gas company facility down in South Texas. Another claims that it was taken in the Poteet/Jourdanton, Texas area. This photo actually appeard in one of the small town weekly papers down in South Texas somewhere a year of so ago with a claim that it was taken there locally.



Obviously, it is a doctored photo. I do not doubt that it was a "large" rattlesnake but not nearly nine feet and even if it had been nine feet, I don't believe that it would have weighed in at anywhere near 95 lbs. The wonders of modern technology and PhotoShop, etc. seem to make the old saying about "one picture is worth a thousand words" not ring so true these days.
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Gerald Keown

The Venomous Snakes of Texas

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