Perhaps it was gravid? A well fed (or gravid) rattlesnake would be one of the chunkiest snakes you're likely to run into in the U.S.

I can't think of another animal here whose tail would fit that description. You wouldn't likely mistake an alligator's tail for a snake, and the color is wrong for a cougar.

Anaconda? I doubt it.
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What goes up must come down...unless it exceeds escape velocity.

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• Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central TX - ioprincipessa, Wed Apr 22 09:34:08 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - LarryF, Wed Apr 22 12:00:45 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - ioprincipessa, Wed Apr 22 13:43:33 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - LarryF, Wed Apr 22 16:24:20 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - shaky, Wed Apr 22 13:48:37 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - ioprincipessa, Wed Apr 22 13:50:18 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - Shaky, Thu Apr 23 21:06:55 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central TX - chrish, Wed Apr 22 15:13:44 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central - ioprincipessa, Wed Apr 22 15:17:33 2009
• Chupacabra perhaps? - RyanT, Wed Apr 22 15:35:38 2009
• RE: Chupacabra perhaps? yup - lep1pic1, Wed Apr 22 20:45:04 2009
• RE: Snake ID - weird tail tip - Central TX - etherper, Thu Apr 23 16:36:16 2009