This is about a very large snake I saw about 20 years ago right outside Tyler, Texas...
When I was about 11, my brother, a friend, and I went swimming in a nearby creek... While swimming, a bee kept flying around our heads and then flew toward a green tree that had fallen across the creek... After a while, we decided to find the nest and throw stuff at it to knock it down...
We all got out of the water and walked on the inclined bank and examined the tree from above... What we found, shocked us... Twisted through the branches and extending into the ground under our feet was the largest snake I have ever seen...
I found a long stick and pushed on its side... It was too heavy for me to move, but the aggitation caused it to slither out a couple feet and it's head appeared from the limbs in the center of the creek while at least some of it's body (it did not show signs like becoming more slender that would suggest it was coming to a tail) was still under the bank... The creek was about 20 feet wide so it was stretching about 10 feet across the creek while winding through branches (not laying straight)... I cannot even come close to expressing the girth... It was just huge...
After seeing its head pop out, none of us spoke a word but just looked at each other and took off running lol... We had killed lots of snakes as little kids do, but we knew when we had been matched...
The pics I have seen online make me think it was a Python of some type... It's head was very pointed where most boas seem to be much more blunt...
What kind of range do these animals have in the wild? And does anyone think this animal may still be alive? I have always wanted to go back and try to find him.
