Ed Askew
Well-known member
Now, I didn't personally see this snake, but it was a picture shown to me by a co-worker, and I asked her to email it to me.
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The story is this rattlesnake was recently killed in this man's backyard (a relative by marriage of my co-worker), in Ellisville, MS. Early last week actually. The man is said to be 6 feet tall. You can probably work out if that is true given the known size of his beer seen in the background. I guess his wife refused to hold his beer for him while he held up that snake. Some women are just onery and uncooperative when it comes to snake picture takin' and such. Unfortunately, the snake was not measured or weighed. I know there is some magnification effect, as the snake is closer to the camera than the man is. None the less it is a huge rattlesnake. Looking in Wikipedia, the longest rattlesnake ever documented was 8.25 ft. It was a timber rattler. Now last summer I laughed at one of the unit secretaries at the hospital when she informed me that her cousin killed a rattlesnake in Richton, MS, that stretched all the way across a road that is known to be 12 feet wide with room to spare (a paved road too.) No pictures that time. Maybe time for the Monster Quest show to come on down for shrimp and grits and some Mississippi snake huntin'.
Ed.
View attachment bigsnake.jpg
The story is this rattlesnake was recently killed in this man's backyard (a relative by marriage of my co-worker), in Ellisville, MS. Early last week actually. The man is said to be 6 feet tall. You can probably work out if that is true given the known size of his beer seen in the background. I guess his wife refused to hold his beer for him while he held up that snake. Some women are just onery and uncooperative when it comes to snake picture takin' and such. Unfortunately, the snake was not measured or weighed. I know there is some magnification effect, as the snake is closer to the camera than the man is. None the less it is a huge rattlesnake. Looking in Wikipedia, the longest rattlesnake ever documented was 8.25 ft. It was a timber rattler. Now last summer I laughed at one of the unit secretaries at the hospital when she informed me that her cousin killed a rattlesnake in Richton, MS, that stretched all the way across a road that is known to be 12 feet wide with room to spare (a paved road too.) No pictures that time. Maybe time for the Monster Quest show to come on down for shrimp and grits and some Mississippi snake huntin'.
Ed.
