Comments on: Lake Kenosia Giant Snake Caught

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:27:25 +0000

I love these giant snake stories. I remember reading some like this from the Adams County, Ohio area too (home to the famous serpent mound), but can’t seem to recollect where I first came across them at.

By: giantchaser

giantchaser — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:09:08 +0000

so it isn’t the truth? aw man =[

By: Jerome Clark

Jerome Clark — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:21:58 +0000

As the one who supplied the item — I am also the author of a book on 19th-Century Forteana as preserved in period newspapers (and a still-active researcher in that area) — I would encourage readers not to presume that this is a true story. The press of the period, not exactly reliable, filled its pages with yarns and tall tales. A favorite genre involved giant snakes.

By: giantchaser

giantchaser — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:03:00 +0000

Yes…a sketch would’ve been great..or a picture..what happened to the body? etc. Oh well nice story to read. But 32 in in circumfrence? What modern day snake could that compare to? The anaconda?

By: Alligator

Alligator — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:30:52 +0000

During this time period there were a lot of circuses and”traveling menageries.” Giant snakes like pythons and boas were always a crowd pleaser and this one undoubtedly escaped from one of these shows or was turned loose because of failing health. Animal husbandry in these shows was abysmal. It was cheaper to dump an animal and buy a new one than it was to keep it healthy, and really, those people understood little to nothing about their charges. Considering it was December, they probably couldn’t keep the snake properly warm so they dumped it, kind of like the people whose Burmese python has outgrown their home. Now we have Burmese reproducing in the Everglades.

By: captiannemo

captiannemo — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:06:13 +0000

A once and a life time event and no one had a camera?
Photography was a hobby in vouge at the time.
A great story but not even a sketch?

By: Lee Murphy

Lee Murphy — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:37:15 +0000

I thought this was something that happened now. DRAT!!!!!

By: Mothmanfan

Mothmanfan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:16:55 +0000

Well thats one down, about a hundred more “Cryptids” to go XP!!