Poor dude was over 20 years old, an amazing survivor for this F**got to kill him for nothing. To think that he'll probably breed and make more useless zombies or sociopaths makes me sick.
I have guinea pigs 😭. I freaking unintentionally invited to the most massive snake i have ever seen into the place I rest my head. Its like traumatizing. I dont think its gone away. I feel so damn paranoid. My poor fur babies
Put some diesel fuel down first around the outside of your house wait a few hours or a day then put around the edge of your property do it every year around the same time snakes hate the smell of the fuel @@ahhwe-any7434
This is the exact reason you don't want "city folk" coming to rural areas. It is the exact reason why you see an increase in venomous snakes and a decrease in non-venomous snakes.
The rat snake that’s lived in my shed for years and I are friends. He keeps the vermin out of my stuff. Rat snakes are one of the mellowest snakes there are.
Pisses me off anyone killing any snake.....playing "God" on what they allow to live vs murder, based on ignorant assessments of perceived threat. We are supposed to be smarter than that, I thought.
My dad had a black rat snake that lived under his house out in the country. It was 8 feet long. He made sure that there were no openings in the floors and walls for it to come in. The reason he allowed this snake to stay there was some years earlier, a rattler got into the house. He went to his kitchen and started to open the microwave when the snake struck at him and missed. The rattler went into the sink where dad trapped him and removed him. After that, dad was happy to have the black snake around as he never saw another poisonous snake again nor did he see any rats. He named the black snake ol' big boy" and would see it slithering back under the trap door some nights when dad sat on the porch. Dad is 80 now and lives in a retirement community. That old house is gone now. Lots of good memories there.
Good story, I had to get used to them here in Tampa,I moved back 16 yrs ago. Still not crazy about em but I let them do their thing just don't bother me.
Black snakes and king snakes are considered cousins and both kill and eat venomous snakes, so are good to have around. When they live on your property you don't have to worry about having venomous snakes around.
I’d love to have that snake on my farm. They’re a blessing to have around. I’ve got some huge ones on my other property. I had one to come in while I head floor open working on water lines. He was over 10 feet and big around as my wrist and extremely strong. It felt like one big muscle. They follow the paths of mice and come through same openings they use.
Also everybody that's never really been around snakes that much on the daily: them xyz folks, I tell ya. I highly doubt if most ppl care if they die or live. Well I guess it depends on the situation or mood but I doubt ppl intentionally go searching for em. Only i my world, I'm the small percentage in other areas. I go from massive snake taller than me to snake so tiny it looks like a worm & idek what it's called bc googles not telling me much
@@stephencarter6109 Indigo's have a rainbow look when sunlight shines on them. They are beautiful. I had a pair in my yard in Florida. I left them alone and they loved it in my yard so then they had babies.
Pantherophis allaghaniensis, Eastern rat snake. Record is around 8 ft. This one is big, but lacks perspective It's certainly not "12-14 feet". Wish he had measured it.
Tf that rat snake is over 8.5 matter of fact it is over twelve n y'all so stupid yall see the thing n still saying it's not true it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this is not photo shopped y'all talking like don't anything ever grow abnormal r bigger than usual hell us humans reach extensive heights world breaking heights you do have a tallest man in the world smh!!
Idk man the recorded max average length for snakes always seems off. I have a lot of those white belly rat snakes at my house here in VA and I've seen a few that are around 10-12 feet. I had one that was on a 8 ft step ladder, he was zig zaged going up it and had at least 2 ft behind him on the ground and probably a foot hanging over it. I mean that one was a monster lol
I've witnessed at my own home, and at my daughter's home, a black snake trying to get in an opened door. In both cases there was a screen door there to stop the intrusion. In my case the snake had to climb up a one-story staircase to my deck. Don't leave your doors open to the wild, unless you want the wild to come in.
Yes, I was a city boy now living in rural North Carolina. I’ve always love snakes as a boy, studying them in books. So, when I saw the first huge rat snake on my property, I was so excited, I wanted to continue to watch, and maybe I can get it to pose for a picture…so I ran after it. Ok, not wise. This big snake was probably every bit six, if not 8 feet long, and it turned on a dime and sprung at me. Boy oh boy, that was an exciting day.🎉😂
I believe it. I spoke to some city workers from Chesapeake VA. They told me their gang killed a 14 foot diamond back while they were reclaiming part of the swamp for city building construction. I still have faith in their story because I have seen the same here in Texas; all though, the rats in Tidewater are as large as a Texas Jack Rabbit which would make for a big snake. Below is my story. Fourteen feet plus is the largest diamond-back that I have seen. It was SW Texas on a cool October night in the Pecos River country. The snake slowly crossed the ranch road about three feet in front of a gate which was 14 wide. The head was off the road and the tail in the grass on the opposite road side. It had the girth of a python with the diamond markings about 6 inches wide; and of interest, the tail was flat like a watersnake just before adjoining the string of rattlers. You would think the string would be a foot long, but it was about 4-5 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. They did not taper off because the succession of rings simply broke off making the rattlers square in appearance. This incident was in 1977. I spent over thirty years collecting (face to face) behemoth snake stories. I have amassed several stories in the 14 foot range. Here are some locations: NE Arizona, The Great Dismal Swamp, Cotulla South Texas, Devils River State Park, and Permian Basin NW of Midland/ Odessa Texas. Oil men roam this last region 24/7. It took a sighting of 7 plus feet to make news at the coffee house because 6 feet was common. I have heard several stories of killing a 10 foot diamond back from the oilfield and rancher alike of which most seem to take place at night. My conclusion why these “world records” are not registered is this: it is just a snake to country folks. I like what this camper said to me when relating his story of driving upon the 14 footer which was stretched across the dirt county road at 5am. He stopped his pick up and quickly got out and scurried along the road side looking for a grape fruit size rock which is abundant in this rocky area N of Del Rio Tx. He pick up a rock then headed toward the snake which was now fading from headlight view. He looked again at the “little” rock in his hand and he said: “what am I do-in” This thing is a serpent, not a snake which echos how I felt that autumn night long ago when I drove upon the moving “fence post” in the road.
Chris Reeves: the bulk of your comment is fiction/fantasy. I'll address just one point (because I don't feel like wasting my time refuting the several false-to-ridiculous assertions set forth in the remainder of your comment): diamondback rattlesnakes are not native to Virginia, so "some city workers from Chesapeake, VA" were BSing you!
Hilarious story. Eastern Diamonback Rattlesnakes do not range that far north and they get nowhere near 14 feet. Maybe half that length if you're lucky.
They say the python record is 28 foot. While in Vietnam a squadron had a pen where they kept pythons and they had one that measured 32 foot long. I don;t think they know anything about world records at the time.
Because city people don’t deserve to live anywhere other than cities they’ve been turned into sociopaths by their disgusting living conditions and they should be walled in to those disgusting hives just like cockroaches
When I lived in NC, I found a HUGE black snake - probably as big if not bigger than this snake - going through my pasture. I caught him, knocked on my neighbor's door to show him, and my neighbor screamed like a little girl. LOL! I ended up letting the snake go in my hay barn. Definitely an asset to the farm!
Yeah you can tell he didn’t grow up in the outdoors at all. Called the snake “poisonous” and killed a snake that kept his property somewhat rodent free. Not to mention, the more rodents you have just means it could be another hunting ground for a more dangerous snake.
It was an indigo , even a Herbpetologist should've been able to come to that conclusion. Even with the similar markings on the underside , wouldn't automatically lead me to( record breaking sized Rat snake). Not to say that it isn't possible . But the likelihood of that being a rat snake is very low.
@Ray Winegard I thought that as well. But It's more likely than a Rat Snake getting that size . The Indigo could have easily pen someones pet that got too big. Catrina washed anaconda , & Python's into the U.S Eco system. And I'm sure there were a few Indigo's in the wash too. But naturally your right they wouldn't be found in SC on the norm.
@@hajibrownnfnit8359 Definitely a black rat snake - the indigo snake (plain solid dark belly) does not have a white belly with that darker "checkerboard"-type pattern, and N. Carolina is hundreds of miles from the natural range of the eastern indigo snake.
There's a big rat snake who lives in my yard. I named her Eunice lol. What a shame. That big girl would've kept the rodents down for him. Less rodents getting into his garden 😔😔😔
Snakes that size are very common. If you drive down country roads at night you’ll see them stretched clear across the road. My dad always stopped the car until the tail disappeared into the weeds.
Steven most university biologist would say that you were excited and exaggerated, but I believe you. Below is a post I made to Venom Central regarding a 14 diamond back. Keep posting your stories until science catches up with us country folks. Fourteen feet plus is the largest diamond-back that I have seen. It was SW Texas on a cool October night in the Pecos River country. The snake slowly crossed the ranch road about three feet in front of a gate which was 14 wide. The head was off the road and the tail in the grass on the opposite road side. It had the girth of a python with the diamond markings about 6 inches wide; and of interest, the tail was flat like a watersnake just before adjoining the string of rattlers. You would think the string would be a foot long, but it was about 4-5 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. They did not taper off because the succession of rings simply broke off making the rattlers square in appearance. This incident was in 1977. I spent over thirty years collecting (face to face) behemoth snake stories. I have amassed several stories in the 14 foot range. Here are some locations: NE Arizona, The Great Dismal Swamp, Cotulla South Texas, Devils River State Park, and Permian Basin NW of Midland/ Odessa Texas. Oil men roam this last region 24/7. It took a sighting of 7 plus feet to make news at the coffee house because 6 feet was common. I have heard several stories of killing a 10 foot diamond back from the oilfield and rancher alike of which most seem to take place at night. My conclusion why these “world records” are not registered is this: it is just a snake to country folks. I like what this camper said to me when relating his story of driving upon the 14 footer which was stretched across the dirt county road at 5am. He stopped his pick up and quickly got out and scurried along the road side looking for a grape fruit size rock which is abundant in this rocky area N of Del Rio Tx. He pick up a rock then headed toward the snake which was now fading from headlight view. He looked again at the “little” rock in his hand and he said: “what am I do-in” This thing is a serpent, not a snake which echos how I felt that autumn night long ago when I drove upon the moving “fence post” in the road.
Yeah, I’m from south Louisiana we have the same problem with snakes and gators down here. They like sun bathing on the warm road and unfortunately people don’t pay attention and they run over 6 foot gators pretty often lol
Yeah, even venomous snakes want no part of you. If you've ever spent decent time out in the woods you've walked right by more snakes both venomous and not than you'll ever know. They are just trying to make their way in this world like you are. God put them here for a reason. Not to be killed by some guy that wanted to "get away from the city". Smh. Go back.
I was terrified my entire life up until this year, but about 4 months ago after learning about them and which in my own state are the venomous ones, I now love and own 8. I feel bad for this one, educate yourselves pls, I would've gotten mine sooner had i understood them. And I would've not been terrified of the ones we got into a house we rented. ❤
If you are going to live in the country, then do yourself a big favor and learn about the environment you share with the ones that were there first. A pity to have killed that snake. He probably ate his weight in rats, mice and other creatures.
People please please quit killing snakes. That snake would have been a great asset to that garden they are wanting. No hate to the couple, they aren't educated on snakes.
I live further north in North Carolina. This is very common here.. I leave them alone as much as possible.. I won't kill them I just relocate them out of the shop.. I've not seen a copperhead or timber rattlesnake in over 20 years on my property..
Black and Blue Racers eat venomous snakes Copperheads,Cottonmouths and Rattlesnakes. The Eastern Black Rat 🐀 snake eat rodents and chicken 🐔 eggs 🥚 🪺 🐦 and other animals not snakes. Some people call them chicken snakes 🐍 because they are found around chicken coups.
So sad this man didn’t realize this was friend, not foe! No telling how many mice and rats this big fellow got rid of every year! RIP Blackie! You were an awesome example of GOD’s creation!
so sad,as i have ran across many black rat snakes in the wild and have handled them frequently and never been bitten. That MIGHT have been a record breaker though as they normally reach about 7 foot or so..last one i had was five and a half feet long when i picked him up and he was calm as could be. Kept him a few years and let him go..smh to bad people don't really educate themselves on animals before they kill them..
When you first fed him at 5.5ft what did he eat ? And how often ? How big did he get before you got rid of him ? And yea they are largest rats can get 8.5 ft but 6ft less is most common they will make in do better in captivity.
What kind of snake in NC is silver with black like diamonds??? Was about idk 3 ft long one was under someone's car in daylight rite in a parking lot didn't move but was alive i thought what was everyone looking at under that car
Was on the east coast i don't have the picture but to me it look like to me either a garter snake or rat snake but it had black diamond shape silver, the tail did seem to have a little bit of a stripe
" I was assuming it was a poisonous snake......" The idiot would probably "assume" a 6" ring neck snake was poisonous as well. Had that actually been a poisonous one he most likely would have been bitten trying to kill it, considering most venomous snakes are hyper-aggressive, and that is one big snake. If that is a rat snake he probably could have just picked it up with no problem since they are pretty mellow for a snake. I couldn't even imagine a 10' rattler or moccasin.
That's forced perspective. That snake was not that size. Never did it show a photo of that snake next to a bucket or anything for size comparison. Pantherophis species (Rat Snakes) do not eat venomous snakes and are often found in the same hiding spots together with Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperheads) and Crotalus species (Rattlesnakes). The snake that is black that eats venomous snakes and non venomous snakes is the Coluber Constrictor (Black Racer). Quit killing snakes out of irrational fear. Just so everyone knows, Copperheads and a few other Venomous snakes like Cottonmouths also eat snakes. So that can go either way.
Yeah I had a friend growing up that had a Boa and about a 3ft Black Racer. You could handle the Boa no problem. Very chill snake. But that Racer, I used to die laughing at my friend trying to handle that thing. He'd get bitten every time, some times 2 or 3 bites and do not get it near your face haha. Racers are biters but only when messed with they do not like to be touched or handled and are not good pet snakes. Finally he took the Racer back out to the woods where he caught him and let him go.
@@YSLRD NO! They NEVER do. I have caught dozens of black rat snakes through the years (and have seen dozens caught by others), and only one exceeded (barely) six feet.
I measured one at 8 foot 2 inches, and turned it loose, it had a belly full of chicken eggs and I about sheet my pants when I was gathering eggs. I am not usually afraid of snakes but when they are in places that you are not expecting they will surprise anyone.
The snake in the photo was easily identifiable as a (harmless) black rat snake. It is clearly no more than 6' long (although the way the fellow is holding it out in front of him, close to the camera, creates the illusion that it is really big), nowhere near the "12'-14' " reported by the homeowner. This species does not prey on other snakes; only warm-blooded prey such as mice, voles, rats, chipmunks, and birds. The black racer, a totally different species, does, in fact, include other snakes (even venomous) in its diet. Pretty sad that the homeowner ignorantly killed this harmless - and actually beneficial, natural rodent exterminator - snake.
Give him some slack I’ve done the same thing and when I learned that I did the wrong thing I felt so bad. And I love snakes I just got scared because I had never seen that type of snake. Now I’m educated about snakes and I love them. So please don’t give him a rough time.
Not true. I was walking down the road one day and came across a dead rat snake curled up on the side of the road. It was the biggest Ive ever seen. I stretched it out on the road It went fron center yellow line, passed white line at the shoulder of the road. This was also in NC.
Indigos certainly don't reach that size. 8 feet would be a very good-sized indigo, but they are thicker than black rats. No U.S native snakes grow anywhere near such a size. The report is false and the guy was using false perspective to inflate his story.
@@Andy-yo3hd bullsnakes are the second largest behind indigos . But the eastern diamondback rattlesnake and coachwhip snake both grow same size as indigos .but do indigos eat rabbits?
We had a case in Thailand. Being a Buddhist country it is against their belief to kill anything on Buddhist properties or shrines. Most homes have Buddhist shrines. A family came outside one day and a huge King Cobra was on their shrine. They killed it. The next day they were in the house and their door was open. A huge King Cobra crawled inside their house and bit all seven people who had killed the snake the day before. Four died. Some believe Buddha sent the snake for revenge, some think it was the mate of the snake killed.
the only time I bother with any snake is when it's in my chicken house. and at that I'm not expert in handling them I'm new to that but usually it's only black snakes we've ever seen
What a load of rubbish. The news channel that reported this should be ashamed for promoting such ignorance as well as the guy who used false perspective to make this harmless animal look twice its actual size.
It's actually a black rat snake. But i doubt it was as long as the guy said, 12 to 14 feet would make it boa constrictor sized. It was all about forced perspective. Still, a sad loss.
@@mauvevanvalleryvinz4913 Nice. So you know, indigos eat rattlers in that ecosystem and help keep the numbers down. Very valuable animal. Rat snakes are, too.
That's eastern indigo and they're pretty rare . What a asshole for killing it , they only eat other snakes and is the largest snake in america. They eat rattlers
No, it is definitely, clearly a black rat snake. The eastern indigo snake has a plain dark belly, and lives nowhere near N. Carolina (southern Georgia would be the closest, and they are very rare there).
Black Rat snakes are the best snake catchers you can have around your house. You will not have to worry about the bad ones with them around especially one that big.
He won’t that long a big one only gets about 7 foot maybe there the nicest snake in the woods the way he is holding it is forced perspective makeing it looks longer I do it all the time with catfish I catch it’s an old fishing trick take make it look bigger😄
@@Blackratsnake And those few have probably evolved to absorb toxins from what they eat. Even then it’s likely very mild in a snake compared to the dart frog or cane toad, nothing can really eat those and survive.
Leave these people alone. They will learn as time goes on and I’m sure they didn’t want that thing in their house. I was raised in Michigan and only saw 2 of the Michigan rattle snakes in my 52 year of living there. I now live on the family farm started in 1907 and I have delt with more snakes than I ever wanted too. A timber rattler in my toolbox a copperhead in my house and I think these Southern’s call these tan snakes garden snakes with their heads sticking out of my square bails of hay trying to bite me. Give them a break.
The Eastern Indigo snake Colubridae family is the longest snake in North America the record is 8.5ft long. The largest snake in North America is the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake 7ft.9in.34lb documented by Guinness World Records 1946 pitviper family with hemotoxic venom. The news report estimated that the snake was 14ft that was not verified by Wildlife biologist.
Well before I yell bout city slickers destroying the nature they escaped to… I hope this dude will “memorialize “ that snake and honor his convictions toward nature by LEARNING about nature. Dude don’t randomly kill stuff. You are obligated to let $hit live. Carry a .22 side arm and CHILL. Nature is a fabulous manager and friend !
Damn dude that sucks I would love to have a rat snake of that size the bigger the better and they are the calmest snakes I’ve ever caught. The last one I caught was just over 8’ and he never once tried to bite me I just picked him up and held him for a little while and let him just go up a tree never saw him again. I know snakes aren’t like turtles they can move from area to area and be fine you can drive one a hundred miles away as long as they’re are other rat snakes around they’d be fine but turtles on the other hand if ya move them too far they’ll spend their entire lives trying to get back to where ya took them from.
I found a seven foot rat snake crossing a road in Arizona. I got out and grabbed him and gave him to a kid i knew who liked to keep them for pets and gave it to him. He was wild but never eve tried to bite me.
While working on my car under my car port I heard a little noise and looked back and saw a mouse jump off a box right after that I saw a piece of hose or branch fall turned out it was a rat snake tracking that mouse very small baby but it was right on the mouse heels!
There is one in Kentucky that is about 300lbs. 32ft long. The fish and game comes to visit it annually. its in one of the old tobacco barns near Scottsville ky.
@@donarthiazi2443 if I still lived there, I would go out back and take a picture for you. At night he goes out hunting but in the day time he hangs out in the same old tobacco barn every day for over 25 years.
@@66bigbuds There are no native snakes in the US that reach 10 metres long. Barely any that reach a third of that. You must still know someone that lives around there that could snap and send you a photo.
@@66bigbuds Why would they not want the public to know about a huge non-venomous snake, that's not a constrictor, and is a benefit to the general public? Even taking the predictable ignorance of the general public into consideration... it makes no sense at all to hide the fact that these huge snakes exist. You're not making a convincing argument. At some point there's someone out there that would have either killed, captured, or at the very least photographed one and presented it to the Department of Fish & Game. Or somebody. It seems that it would have reached everyone by now.
First off, he’s standing behind it making it appear longer than it actually is, maybe 71/2 to 8 ft at best…Next thing is man is by far the most dangerous creature on earth….
Black, or now known as, Eastern Rat Snake. Most likely 6 to 7 feet long. Record lengths are about 8 and a half feet. Impossible to tell from the forced perspective angle, but no way it's 12 to 14 feet. Harmless, sad, and silly this even made the news. Sensationalism journalism at it once again.
My Cousin from Miami moved to Ga. And recently posted a picture of a rat snake he'd killed while gardening I'm from Ga. and use to catch these snakes when I was young. If it's a Rat snake that snake is $1000 fine or up to a year in Jail for killing it.
That's just a king snake. They very friendly snakes non poisonous. that snake is so calm that is you just casually walk up to it you can pick it up at any point of it's body and it won't care as long as you let it wiggle around and your not scaring or hurting it. As for its size I've caught a few that size or bigger. I usually take them home and turn them loose in my back yard because they eat the poisonous snakes.
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This is why people need to be educated. This snake has been around for years. Hes was pretty old. They did more damage than good.
Poor dude was over 20 years old, an amazing survivor for this F**got to kill him for nothing. To think that he'll probably breed and make more useless zombies or sociopaths makes me sick.
@@CJM-rg5rt yuppies...ikr...damn shame, U r exactly right my friend.
@@CJM-rg5rt The bad part is he didn't feel really bad that he screwed up! He said I feel a little bit bad. What an asshole!
“So yeah I feel a little bad.” Snake was probably older than him.
LMAO
I tell people all the time.......rat snakes are free pest control 👍
I have guinea pigs 😭. I freaking unintentionally invited to the most massive snake i have ever seen into the place I rest my head. Its like traumatizing. I dont think its gone away. I feel so damn paranoid. My poor fur babies
Put some diesel fuel down first around the outside of your house wait a few hours or a day then put around the edge of your property do it every year around the same time snakes hate the smell of the fuel @@ahhwe-any7434
@@GmoneyGcode Which is illegal. And environmentally harmful. It eventually goes into people's drinking water for one thing.
@@Hayyyward it's recommended and used in a lot of places in the south to keep snakes away during snake season and in some places it is not illegal
@@GmoneyGcode Where is it legal? Provide proof because it is illegal to dump gasoline/pour it into the ground.
This is the exact reason you don't want "city folk" coming to rural areas. It is the exact reason why you see an increase in venomous snakes and a decrease in non-venomous snakes.
Not all city folk are like that, we get snakes in the suburbs in many areas as well
Cityots. Pronounced like idiots. Get it?
Plenty of "country folk" are just as ignorant. I've seen my fair share of poachers who definitely weren't from the city.
Yuppies...Ur comment dead on friend. Wish they'd all return to their subdivisions...
The rat snake that’s lived in my shed for years and I are friends. He keeps the vermin out of my stuff. Rat snakes are one of the mellowest snakes there are.
Pisses me off anyone killing a black snake they are so good to have around I I ketch them and let them go around my house
Man that's so depressing, YT assumes I'm a P.O.S. homophobe and won't let my post it but this is the type of guy I think of when I think F**got.
@@CJM-rg5rt Shut up
@@CJM-rg5rt 😆
Lol glad it’s dead
Pisses me off anyone killing any snake.....playing "God" on what they allow to live vs murder, based on ignorant assessments of perceived threat. We are supposed to be smarter than that, I thought.
My dad had a black rat snake that lived under his house out in the country. It was 8 feet long. He made sure that there were no openings in the floors and walls for it to come in. The reason he allowed this snake to stay there was some years earlier, a rattler got into the house. He went to his kitchen and started to open the microwave when the snake struck at him and missed. The rattler went into the sink where dad trapped him and removed him. After that, dad was happy to have the black snake around as he never saw another poisonous snake again nor did he see any rats. He named the black snake ol' big boy" and would see it slithering back under the trap door some nights when dad sat on the porch. Dad is 80 now and lives in a retirement community. That old house is gone now. Lots of good memories there.
Good story, I had to get used to them here in Tampa,I moved back 16 yrs ago. Still not crazy about em but I let them do their thing just don't bother me.
Black snakes and king snakes are considered cousins and both kill and eat venomous snakes, so are good to have around. When they live on your property you don't have to worry about having venomous snakes around.
Man! Damn that a rat eating snake dude come on!! Move back to the city
@@gwarrichmond6232 you drinking again Man?
Shame on him. Killing a docile creature who would help protect his home from rodents. This guy would never bother them, and yet he killed it.
I’d love to have that snake on my farm. They’re a blessing to have around. I’ve got some huge ones on my other property. I had one to come in while I head floor open working on water lines. He was over 10 feet and big around as my wrist and extremely strong. It felt like one big muscle. They follow the paths of mice and come through same openings they use.
I've seen several in my yard (mostly non-poisonous). I leave them alone and they don't bother me.
Well this guy just got rid of the best mice control around, this guy should have stayed in the city.
Lol…”instinct kicked in”
Guy: “I’ve never been around snakes, huh….”
Also everybody that's never really been around snakes that much on the daily: them xyz folks, I tell ya. I highly doubt if most ppl care if they die or live. Well I guess it depends on the situation or mood but I doubt ppl intentionally go searching for em. Only i my world, I'm the small percentage in other areas. I go from massive snake taller than me to snake so tiny it looks like a worm & idek what it's called bc googles not telling me much
Why would you kill that big ole rat snake, that thing was probably 15 years old...after all that time it found your yard where you killed it....
Or its a indigo snake witch are a threatened species
@@stephencarter6109 Indigo's have a rainbow look when sunlight shines on them. They are beautiful. I had a pair in my yard in Florida. I left them alone and they loved it in my yard so then they had babies.
City boy does not even know "poisonous" vs "venomous".
Yeah, rat snakes are beneficial... poor guy. On his way to crush records and now he's crushed.
If its that big soon it wont be eating rats. It will be eating your cat and your dog.
Im not even as tall as some of these snakes. Da fuq
You are utterly clueless about reptiles.@@mauvevanvalleryvinz4913
Pantherophis allaghaniensis, Eastern rat snake. Record is around 8 ft. This one is big, but lacks perspective It's certainly not "12-14 feet". Wish he had measured it.
Wish he hadn't killed it.
So is this a black rat snake ? And they get 8.5 ft no way is it 12+
Tf that rat snake is over 8.5 matter of fact it is over twelve n y'all so stupid yall see the thing n still saying it's not true it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see this is not photo shopped y'all talking like don't anything ever grow abnormal r bigger than usual hell us humans reach extensive heights world breaking heights you do have a tallest man in the world smh!!
Idk man the recorded max average length for snakes always seems off. I have a lot of those white belly rat snakes at my house here in VA and I've seen a few that are around 10-12 feet. I had one that was on a 8 ft step ladder, he was zig zaged going up it and had at least 2 ft behind him on the ground and probably a foot hanging over it. I mean that one was a monster lol
Bruh, I can't be be he really just killed it.. Iv lost all faith in humanity
Just now? A little late to the game.
prolly had a huge dong..
Wahhhh
I've witnessed at my own home, and at my daughter's home, a black snake trying to get in an opened door. In both cases there was a screen door there to stop the intrusion. In my case the snake had to climb up a one-story staircase to my deck. Don't leave your doors open to the wild, unless you want the wild to come in.
I caught a 7 foot black ratsnake in irredell co, and turned him loose
not only did he kill it, he then called it poisonous...
Why do people kill the snakes?
Every snake is beneficial, just let them be!
If it is in your way, gently move or get someone to do it for you!
Exactly
A few months a go i had a king cobra run across the road in front of me. I slammed on the brakes so not to run over him.
Yes, I was a city boy now living in rural North Carolina. I’ve always love snakes as a boy, studying them in books. So, when I saw the first huge rat snake on my property, I was so excited, I wanted to continue to watch, and maybe I can get it to pose for a picture…so I ran after it. Ok, not wise. This big snake was probably every bit six, if not 8 feet long, and it turned on a dime and sprung at me. Boy oh boy, that was an exciting day.🎉😂
I believe it. I spoke to some city workers from Chesapeake VA. They told me their gang killed a 14 foot diamond back while they were reclaiming part of the swamp for city building construction. I still have faith in their story because I have seen the same here in Texas; all though, the rats in Tidewater are as large as a Texas Jack Rabbit which would make for a big snake. Below is my story.
Fourteen feet plus is the largest diamond-back that I have seen. It was SW Texas on a cool October night in the Pecos River country. The snake slowly crossed the ranch road about three feet in front of a gate which was 14 wide. The head was off the road and the tail in the grass on the opposite road side. It had the girth of a python with the diamond markings about 6 inches wide; and of interest, the tail was flat like a watersnake just before adjoining the string of rattlers. You would think the string would be a foot long, but it was about 4-5 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. They did not taper off because the succession of rings simply broke off making the rattlers square in appearance. This incident was in 1977. I spent over thirty years collecting (face to face) behemoth snake stories. I have amassed several stories in the 14 foot range. Here are some locations: NE Arizona, The Great Dismal Swamp, Cotulla South Texas, Devils River State Park, and Permian Basin NW of Midland/ Odessa Texas. Oil men roam this last region 24/7. It took a sighting of 7 plus feet to make news at the coffee house because 6 feet was common. I have heard several stories of killing a 10 foot diamond back from the oilfield and rancher alike of which most seem to take place at night. My conclusion why these “world records” are not registered is this: it is just a snake to country folks. I like what this camper said to me when relating his story of driving upon the 14 footer which was stretched across the dirt county road at 5am. He stopped his pick up and quickly got out and scurried along the road side looking for a grape fruit size rock which is abundant in this rocky area N of Del Rio Tx. He pick up a rock then headed toward the snake which was now fading from headlight view. He looked again at the “little” rock in his hand and he said: “what am I do-in” This thing is a serpent, not a snake which echos how I felt that autumn night long ago when I drove upon the moving “fence post” in the road.
Chris Reeves: the bulk of your comment is fiction/fantasy. I'll address just one point (because I don't feel like wasting my time refuting the several false-to-ridiculous assertions set forth in the remainder of your comment): diamondback rattlesnakes are not native to Virginia, so "some city workers from Chesapeake, VA" were BSing you!
Hilarious story. Eastern Diamonback Rattlesnakes do not range that far north and they get nowhere near 14 feet. Maybe half that length if you're lucky.
There are videos of bigger ones than that that come out every year on April 1st.🐍😂
They say the python record is 28 foot. While in Vietnam a squadron had a pen where they kept pythons and they had one that measured 32 foot long. I don;t think they know anything about world records at the time.
Why would he kill it? 😔
Because city people don’t deserve to live anywhere other than cities they’ve been turned into sociopaths by their disgusting living conditions and they should be walled in to those disgusting hives just like cockroaches
Hes a moron
Uneducated.
Towny needs to move back in to town. You let the rat snakes be. They are a blessing
It's like he just grabbed the wife and moved to the country not bothering to learn anything beforehand like "Green Acres" TV Show. What a moron.
When I lived in NC, I found a HUGE black snake - probably as big if not bigger than this snake - going through my pasture. I caught him, knocked on my neighbor's door to show him, and my neighbor screamed like a little girl. LOL! I ended up letting the snake go in my hay barn. Definitely an asset to the farm!
Yeah you can tell he didn’t grow up in the outdoors at all. Called the snake “poisonous” and killed a snake that kept his property somewhat rodent free. Not to mention, the more rodents you have just means it could be another hunting ground for a more dangerous snake.
Actually looks like an Indigo which is a protected species.
Yeah that definitely wasn’t a black rat snake
It was an indigo , even a Herbpetologist should've been able to come to that conclusion.
Even with the similar markings on the underside , wouldn't automatically lead me to( record breaking sized Rat snake).
Not to say that it isn't possible . But the likelihood of that being a rat snake is very low.
@Ray Winegard I thought that as well. But It's more likely than a Rat Snake getting that size . The Indigo could have easily pen someones pet that got too big. Catrina washed anaconda , & Python's into the U.S Eco system. And I'm sure there were a few Indigo's in the wash too. But naturally your right they wouldn't be found in SC on the norm.
@Ray Winegard Wow!!!
@@hajibrownnfnit8359 Definitely a black rat snake - the indigo snake (plain solid dark belly) does not have a white belly with that darker "checkerboard"-type pattern, and N. Carolina is hundreds of miles from the natural range of the eastern indigo snake.
One of the most misunderstood creatures
F them
There's a big rat snake who lives in my yard. I named her Eunice lol. What a shame. That big girl would've kept the rodents down for him. Less rodents getting into his garden 😔😔😔
Snakes that size are very common. If you drive down country roads at night you’ll see them stretched clear across the road. My dad always stopped the car until the tail disappeared into the weeds.
Steven most university biologist would say that you were excited and exaggerated, but I believe you. Below is a post I made to Venom Central regarding a 14 diamond back. Keep posting your stories until science catches up with us country folks.
Fourteen feet plus is the largest diamond-back that I have seen. It was SW Texas on a cool October night in the Pecos River country. The snake slowly crossed the ranch road about three feet in front of a gate which was 14 wide. The head was off the road and the tail in the grass on the opposite road side. It had the girth of a python with the diamond markings about 6 inches wide; and of interest, the tail was flat like a watersnake just before adjoining the string of rattlers. You would think the string would be a foot long, but it was about 4-5 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. They did not taper off because the succession of rings simply broke off making the rattlers square in appearance. This incident was in 1977. I spent over thirty years collecting (face to face) behemoth snake stories. I have amassed several stories in the 14 foot range. Here are some locations: NE Arizona, The Great Dismal Swamp, Cotulla South Texas, Devils River State Park, and Permian Basin NW of Midland/ Odessa Texas. Oil men roam this last region 24/7. It took a sighting of 7 plus feet to make news at the coffee house because 6 feet was common. I have heard several stories of killing a 10 foot diamond back from the oilfield and rancher alike of which most seem to take place at night. My conclusion why these “world records” are not registered is this: it is just a snake to country folks. I like what this camper said to me when relating his story of driving upon the 14 footer which was stretched across the dirt county road at 5am. He stopped his pick up and quickly got out and scurried along the road side looking for a grape fruit size rock which is abundant in this rocky area N of Del Rio Tx. He pick up a rock then headed toward the snake which was now fading from headlight view. He looked again at the “little” rock in his hand and he said: “what am I do-in” This thing is a serpent, not a snake which echos how I felt that autumn night long ago when I drove upon the moving “fence post” in the road.
Yeah, I’m from south Louisiana we have the same problem with snakes and gators down here. They like sun bathing on the warm road and unfortunately people don’t pay attention and they run over 6 foot gators pretty often lol
You are correct sir, I have seen them around here bigger than that in an old oak tree, caught one out of a creek was measured 13 ft long.
Your Dad is one of the good guys. My Dad would do the same thing when we'd be out at our fishing cabin in the Panhandle. Leave 'em be.
There are no indigo snakes in NC. And not many left in the states thier native to..
I wish I had this snake around my house
Educate yourself, city boy.
No reason to kill that snake- people should be fined for cruelty to animals for killing harmless snakes for no reason.
I have a couple rat snakes around my property. Im glad to see them as they keep the mice away.
Well actually no snakes are poisonous but some are venomous.
Keelback snakes are both venomous and poisonous.
The black rat snake is a very docile creature. I cannot for the life of me understand why grown men are terrified of snakes. They’re a living noodle.
wouldnt say that if you found it in your bed
Yeah, even venomous snakes want no part of you. If you've ever spent decent time out in the woods you've walked right by more snakes both venomous and not than you'll ever know. They are just trying to make their way in this world like you are. God put them here for a reason. Not to be killed by some guy that wanted to "get away from the city". Smh. Go back.
I was terrified my entire life up until this year, but about 4 months ago after learning about them and which in my own state are the venomous ones, I now love and own 8. I feel bad for this one, educate yourselves pls, I would've gotten mine sooner had i understood them. And I would've not been terrified of the ones we got into a house we rented. ❤
If you are going to live in the country, then do yourself a big favor and learn about the environment you share with the ones that were there first. A pity to have killed that snake. He probably ate his weight in rats, mice and other creatures.
People please please quit killing snakes. That snake would have been a great asset to that garden they are wanting. No hate to the couple, they aren't educated on snakes.
I live further north in North Carolina. This is very common here.. I leave them alone as much as possible.. I won't kill them I just relocate them out of the shop.. I've not seen a copperhead or timber rattlesnake in over 20 years on my property..
Black and Blue Racers eat venomous snakes Copperheads,Cottonmouths and Rattlesnakes. The Eastern Black Rat 🐀 snake eat rodents and chicken 🐔 eggs 🥚 🪺 🐦 and other animals not snakes. Some people call them chicken snakes 🐍 because they are found around chicken coups.
👋 from Rowan County N.C.
@@richardhincemon King snakes also eat venomous snakes and are very docile.
Feel bad. This is just a rat snake and please don’t kill.
So sad this man didn’t realize this was friend, not foe! No telling how many mice and rats this big fellow got rid of every year! RIP Blackie! You were an awesome example of GOD’s creation!
That's Lexington Steele snake
That snake eats it weight in gold in pest, but it looks like u killed it.
so sad,as i have ran across many black rat snakes in the wild and have handled them frequently and never been bitten. That MIGHT have been a record breaker though as they normally reach about 7 foot or so..last one i had was five and a half feet long when i picked him up and he was calm as could be. Kept him a few years and let him go..smh to bad people don't really educate themselves on animals before they kill them..
When you first fed him at 5.5ft what did he eat ? And how often ? How big did he get before you got rid of him ? And yea they are largest rats can get 8.5 ft but 6ft less is most common they will make in do better in captivity.
That's a heck of a big rat snake!
The indigo does live in north Carolina and in gaston County i myself have seen 12ft indigo
What kind of snake in NC is silver with black like diamonds??? Was about idk 3 ft long one was under someone's car in daylight rite in a parking lot didn't move but was alive i thought what was everyone looking at under that car
Was on the east coast i don't have the picture but to me it look like to me either a garter snake or rat snake but it had black diamond shape silver, the tail did seem to have a little bit of a stripe
Damn, that behemoth could’ve eaten a lot more rats in its lifetime.
That is an indigo snake a protected species in most southern states. Twelve feet is average for them in Florida
Killed an old snake who knows how old it was what a bummer.
Dude u killed ? Are u serious?? They are harmless and eat the mice and rats and dangerous snakes. Damn city dwellers.
12 to 14 feet long? You're talking about the stick he's holding the snake with, right?
What a joke.
" I was assuming it was a poisonous snake......" The idiot would probably "assume" a 6" ring neck snake was poisonous as well. Had that actually been a poisonous one he most likely would have been bitten trying to kill it, considering most venomous snakes are hyper-aggressive, and that is one big snake. If that is a rat snake he probably could have just picked it up with no problem since they are pretty mellow for a snake. I couldn't even imagine a 10' rattler or moccasin.
That's forced perspective. That snake was not that size. Never did it show a photo of that snake next to a bucket or anything for size comparison. Pantherophis species (Rat Snakes) do not eat venomous snakes and are often found in the same hiding spots together with Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperheads) and Crotalus species (Rattlesnakes). The snake that is black that eats venomous snakes and non venomous snakes is the Coluber Constrictor (Black Racer). Quit killing snakes out of irrational fear. Just so everyone knows, Copperheads and a few other Venomous snakes like Cottonmouths also eat snakes. So that can go either way.
Yeah I had a friend growing up that had a Boa and about a 3ft Black Racer. You could handle the Boa no problem. Very chill snake. But that Racer, I used to die laughing at my friend trying to handle that thing. He'd get bitten every time, some times 2 or 3 bites and do not get it near your face haha. Racers are biters but only when messed with they do not like to be touched or handled and are not good pet snakes. Finally he took the Racer back out to the woods where he caught him and let him go.
Imagine killing a harmless animal that was likely over 10 years of age.
F him
@@dandavid2027 Better to hear this come from you over someone who's opinion actually matters.
@@Blackratsnake lol you responded from a yr ago. Right on
@@dandavid2027 Fair enough. Sometimes I get replies from 3+ years ago, but TH-cam still thinks that's relevant, I guess.
Come on. 12 feet long? That forced perspective crap is getting old. That snake was probably about 5 feet at most. Stupid dude, stupid reporting.
And what’s sad are the idiots at the TV station reporting that it was 12-14 ft. That can’t recognize forced perspective when they see it.
It looked a lot bigger than it really is because of the way he was holding it up to the camera. Rat snakes don't get 12 to 14 feet long.
Sometimes they do.
@@YSLRD NO! They NEVER do. I have caught dozens of black rat snakes through the years (and have seen dozens caught by others), and only one exceeded (barely) six feet.
Yes they do
Black rat are the largest they do reach a max of 8.5 ft they avg 6ft females , 5 ft males .
I measured one at 8 foot 2 inches, and turned it loose, it had a belly full of chicken eggs and I about sheet my pants when I was gathering eggs. I am not usually afraid of snakes but when they are in places that you are not expecting they will surprise anyone.
Big beautiful and 100% harmless Black Rat Snake and this piece of s**t just had to kill it. Pathetic.
Whenever u have a snake problem u should always call an expert, or the authorities, they will send someone over.
Hopefully they will be able to contact me before too long. I've been obsessed with them for years so I'm gonna break down and start doing what I love.
Lol. We don't have any " snake authorities" out here. Not much authority of any kind. Live and let live.
The snake in the photo was easily identifiable as a (harmless) black rat snake. It is clearly no more than 6' long (although the way the fellow is holding it out in front of him, close to the camera, creates the illusion that it is really big), nowhere near the "12'-14' " reported by the homeowner. This species does not prey on other snakes; only warm-blooded prey such as mice, voles, rats, chipmunks, and birds. The black racer, a totally different species, does, in fact, include other snakes (even venomous) in its diet. Pretty sad that the homeowner ignorantly killed this harmless - and actually beneficial, natural rodent exterminator - snake.
What’s the difference between killing as snake and a rodent? They both suck
@@j7489one snake gets killed so you get overrun by hundreds of rodents
Snakes are not poisonous they’re venomous
Same difference. They both hurt and make you sick 🤢
Give him some slack I’ve done the same thing and when I learned that I did the wrong thing I felt so bad.
And I love snakes I just got scared because I had never seen that type of snake. Now I’m educated about snakes and I love them. So please don’t give him a rough time.
Not forgiving of ignorance.
The only snake I have seen that long is the Eastern indigo snake.
in Canada these types of snakes would be SERIOUSLY protected, and Conservation Officers fines START at 1,500. bucks.
Dude that was a rat snake completely harmless to humans and poisonous?? Are you kidding?? Snakes are venomous not poisonous what a troglodyte
Rat snakes don't get that big but Indigo snakes can.
Not true. I was walking down the road one day and came across a dead rat snake curled up on the side of the road.
It was the biggest Ive ever seen. I stretched it out on the road
It went fron center yellow line, passed white line at the shoulder of the road.
This was also in NC.
You're correct, rat snakes don't even get close to 12 to 14 feet long.
Indigos certainly don't reach that size. 8 feet would be a very good-sized
indigo, but they are thicker than black rats. No U.S native snakes grow anywhere near such a size. The report is false and the guy was using false perspective to inflate his story.
@@Andy-yo3hd bullsnakes are the second largest behind indigos . But the eastern diamondback rattlesnake and coachwhip snake both grow same size as indigos .but do indigos eat rabbits?
What a city boy.
We had a case in Thailand. Being a Buddhist country it is against their belief to kill anything on Buddhist properties or shrines. Most homes have Buddhist shrines. A family came outside one day and a huge King Cobra was on their shrine. They killed it. The next day they were in the house and their door was open. A huge King Cobra crawled inside their house and bit all seven people who had killed the snake the day before. Four died. Some believe Buddha sent the snake for revenge, some think it was the mate of the snake killed.
Alot of forced perspective photo work. On maybe a 7ft black rat...
the only time I bother with any snake is when it's in my chicken house. and at that I'm not expert in handling them
I'm new to that but usually it's only black snakes we've ever seen
What a load of rubbish. The news channel that reported this should be ashamed for promoting such ignorance as well as the guy who used false perspective to make this harmless animal look twice its actual size.
Snakes are never poisonous. They can be venomous. That looks like a black rat snake. They are beautiful.
12-14 foot long? If it’s so big deal, why didn’t they just actually measure it instead of guessing
It looks like an endangered indigo snake. They are very large.
It's actually a black rat snake. But i doubt it was as long as the guy said, 12 to 14 feet would make it boa constrictor sized. It was all about forced perspective. Still, a sad loss.
I dont care if it is an endangered specie or it could be you who can becone the endangered specie.
@@mauvevanvalleryvinz4913 Nice. So you know, indigos eat rattlers in that ecosystem and help keep the numbers down. Very valuable animal. Rat snakes are, too.
@@humbertojimmy its over 16ft I was there and measured it.
@@mica122213 Lol, stop joking.
That's eastern indigo and they're pretty rare . What a asshole for killing it , they only eat other snakes and is the largest snake in america. They eat rattlers
It's not because Indigos are all black and Ratsnakes are white beneath but this is still incredibly depressing. That snake was older than him.
No, it is definitely, clearly a black rat snake. The eastern indigo snake has a plain dark belly, and lives nowhere near N. Carolina (southern Georgia would be the closest, and they are very rare there).
Black Rat snakes are the best snake catchers you can have around your house. You will not have to worry about the bad ones with them around especially one that big.
Giant snake is the reason Devils Den at Gettysburg got its name. It was supposed to be inhabited by a giant rat snake snakes.
Hope you educate yourself so this doesn't happen again...
He won’t that long a big one only gets about 7 foot maybe there the nicest snake in the woods the way he is holding it is forced perspective makeing it looks longer I do it all the time with catfish I catch it’s an old fishing trick take make it look bigger😄
Excellent comment! Especially noting the "forced perspective"!
That poor snake. That's definitely a Black rat snake....the size is massive!
There’s no such thing as “poisonous” snakes.
There is a species that is both venomous and poisonous actually.
@@Blackratsnake And those few have probably evolved to absorb toxins from what they eat. Even then it’s likely very mild in a snake compared to the dart frog or cane toad, nothing can really eat those and survive.
Was it a black rat snake or indigo snake ?
Damnit man, I'm sure many people would have removed that snake for free just to have it around their farms or barns.
Hope this guy feels really bad. That snake would be close to 20years old. Jack ass!
Major screw up dude. That snake was protecting your property from rodents and other snakes.
Leave these people alone. They will learn as time goes on and I’m sure they didn’t want that thing in their house. I was raised in Michigan and only saw 2 of the Michigan rattle snakes in my 52 year of living there. I now live on the family farm started in 1907 and I have delt with more snakes than I ever wanted too. A timber rattler in my toolbox a copperhead in my house and I think these Southern’s call these tan snakes garden snakes with their heads sticking out of my square bails of hay trying to bite me. Give them a break.
LOL, yeah no.
Snakes aren’t poisonous. They are venomous. And that was a really good non venomous snake.
We don't have 12 - 14 feet snakes native to here. It's some other species.
The Eastern Indigo snake Colubridae family is the longest snake in North America the record is 8.5ft long. The largest snake in North America is the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake 7ft.9in.34lb documented by Guinness World Records 1946 pitviper family with hemotoxic venom. The news report estimated that the snake was 14ft that was not verified by Wildlife biologist.
Well before I yell bout city slickers destroying the nature they escaped to… I hope this dude will “memorialize “ that snake and honor his convictions toward nature by LEARNING about nature. Dude don’t randomly kill stuff. You are obligated to let $hit live. Carry a .22 side arm and CHILL. Nature is a fabulous manager and friend !
Damn dude that sucks I would love to have a rat snake of that size the bigger the better and they are the calmest snakes I’ve ever caught. The last one I caught was just over 8’ and he never once tried to bite me I just picked him up and held him for a little while and let him just go up a tree never saw him again. I know snakes aren’t like turtles they can move from area to area and be fine you can drive one a hundred miles away as long as they’re are other rat snakes around they’d be fine but turtles on the other hand if ya move them too far they’ll spend their entire lives trying to get back to where ya took them from.
I found a seven foot rat snake crossing a road in Arizona. I got out and grabbed him and gave him to a kid i knew who liked to keep them for pets and gave it to him. He was wild but never eve tried to bite me.
While working on my car under my car port I heard a little noise and looked back and saw a mouse jump off a box right after that I saw a piece of hose or branch fall turned out it was a rat snake tracking that mouse very small baby but it was right on the mouse heels!
There is one in Kentucky that is about 300lbs. 32ft long. The fish and game comes to visit it annually. its in one of the old tobacco barns near Scottsville ky.
Put away the crack pipe son.
@@donarthiazi2443 if I still lived there, I would go out back and take a picture for you. At night he goes out hunting but in the day time he hangs out in the same old tobacco barn every day for over 25 years.
@@66bigbuds
There are no native snakes in the US that reach 10 metres long. Barely any that reach a third of that.
You must still know someone that lives around there that could snap and send you a photo.
@@donarthiazi2443 I saw one almost that big up here in Michigan. They just don't want the public to know.
@@66bigbuds
Why would they not want the public to know about a huge non-venomous snake, that's not a constrictor, and is a benefit to the general public?
Even taking the predictable ignorance of the general public into consideration... it makes no sense at all to hide the fact that these huge snakes exist.
You're not making a convincing argument. At some point there's someone out there that would have either killed, captured, or at the very least photographed one and presented it to the Department of Fish & Game. Or somebody.
It seems that it would have reached everyone by now.
First off, he’s standing behind it making it appear longer than it actually is, maybe 71/2 to 8 ft at best…Next thing is man is by far the most dangerous creature on earth….
He didn't have to kill it.
Don't kill round head snakes. Also, Its illegal to kill a rattlesnake in NC, we have four kinds, one red one is very rare and secluded.
Black, or now known as, Eastern Rat Snake. Most likely 6 to 7 feet long. Record lengths are about 8 and a half feet. Impossible to tell from the forced perspective angle, but no way it's 12 to 14 feet. Harmless, sad, and silly this even made the news. Sensationalism journalism at it once again.
My Cousin from Miami moved to Ga. And recently posted a picture of a rat snake he'd killed while gardening
I'm from Ga. and use to catch these snakes when I was young.
If it's a Rat snake that snake is $1000 fine or up to a year in Jail for killing it.
Indigo or rat snake it kept allot of mice and other critters in check. And was NO harm to anyone.
Your cousin sucks.
says, " My mind set, snakes = Bad" lmao
That's just a king snake. They very friendly snakes non poisonous. that snake is so calm that is you just casually walk up to it you can pick it up at any point of it's body and it won't care as long as you let it wiggle around and your not scaring or hurting it. As for its size I've caught a few that size or bigger. I usually take them home and turn them loose in my back yard because they eat the poisonous snakes.
Black rat snake not a Eastern Kingsnake. There are no poisonous snakes in the United States only venomous.
This guy calling snakes “poisonous” not sure if I would be listening to what he has to say about snakes at all. Lmao.
Poisonous venomous potato tomato. Either way you got it.