Is The 55 Foot Snake in China Real?
Is the photograph showing a 55 foot snake found in a forest in China a hoax? It was initially posted on the website of the People’s Daily, the official China Communist Party newspaper. It claimed the snake was one of two enormous boas found by workers clearing forest for a new road. I have to question whether it was a boa at all. A reticulated python, maybe. They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes during attempts to bulldoze some mounds. Here’s how the post read:
“On the third dig, the operator found there was blood amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake appeared. At the same time, another gold coloured giant boa appeared with its mouth wide open. The driver was paralyzed with fear, while the other workers ran for their lives. By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even stand up.”
They claimed the digger driver was so traumatized that he suffered a heart attack on his way to hospital and later died. Now this is getting to be a bit far fetched. It also said the dead snake was 55 feet long, weighed 300kg and was estimated to be 140 years old. 140 years old is a little much for me to believe. Giant boas are not even native to the area.
