I was doing some more cryptozoological research and came along this name "Lau". I found only this based on this cryptid:
A giant, 100 foot-long lake serpent that lurks in the swamps, rivers, and lakes in Uganda, Africa has been feared by natives because of its predatory nature, often taking large mammals or fishermen. Explorers of the region heard these bizarre tales that became more credible as some of them observed the creature themselves.

Possible different name for anaconda?

Couldn't find any pictures.

Feel free to discuss and express your opinions and what you think it is.

hhhmmm...NEVER heard of any Laus...if they arnt like anacondas like you say or even if they are they could account for some Aquatic Cryptids....i mean i'm pretty sure anacondas can swim and many snakes can to some extent....but its sound really interesting...thanks for stimulating my mind... LOL

No problem! Yeah, I'm leaning to the side that this "Lau" is an anaconda, but their language describes it differently? Possibility -

dont take this bad or anything but anacondas cant reach 100 feet in length.. i think the longest one ever is some 30 feet or so.. maybe 40 cant remember.. but who knows this is a world still full of mysteries.

30-40 feet is the average.The longest ever caught,i BELIEVE is 70 feet,so given the right amounts of prey,no enemies,nealy unlimited land around it,i can understand a anaconda growing that big.And yes,anaconda's do swim.But once again this could be a species of dinosaur,like a mosasaur...

Anacondas can swim most snakes can in fact when they get as big as an Anaconda they prefer the water as it helps them move without the bulky weight of its body on dry land, they will move from pool to pool by sliding through the mud and their have been mud slides 5 feet in diameter which would put a snake to a huge size. Without human interference or hunter coming across them their is no reason why these snakes can not grow to massive proportions, they are at the top of the food chain in their environment but they would have to live for tens of years to reach a massive size... I have seen one that was indeed longer than 50 foot and boy was he a scary thing to see, it slid right passed me and never flinched in my presence, the whole experience must have lasted 20/30 seconds but it felt like a lifetime to me... what a beautiful creature it was shear muscle. I believe without a doubt that there are big snakes that have yet to be found.

i beleive it was 60 ish feet but it is positively somewhere between 60 and 70 feet im sure of it.

It may be like an anaconda, but it would be far from home.
Anacondas are found in s. amer., uganda is in africa. What
about the old story of the belgian helicopter pilot who saw
100+ft. snake in the congo, I think it was back in wwII??
Me computer been jagged up so I'm not even gonna try
to find a link...

They obviously haven't measured this lau themselves ( or even if they did imagine trying to measure it ) just seen it or heard about it from others, and it is human nature to exaggerate so it could well be 60 - 70 feet.....

sounds like quite an experience XSAS

Sounds like it was an exaggerated experience.

I'm surprised theres no pictures really. People always love photo shopping stuff like this.

I think a creature like this exsists, but theres not really enougth evidence towards this one.

Well possibly the size could have been exaggerated to make it sound like a new species, meantime it could of been....The....ANA - CONDA!!!!!!

Far from an exaggerated experience... As for having a camera to capture the moment, even if I was on a military training course or private contract, we don't carry cameras and if I am honest if I had a camera with me at the time the last thing going through my head would be "grab the camera and take a few wedding snaps" any movement would have drawn attention to me.... I don't exaggerate or even tell lies, I am good at judging distances and lengths, I am a trained Sniper instructor, I can judge the wind speed with complete accuracy, so I know if the snake was 5 foot long or 50 foot long.. I am old enough to be your Dad and have experienced more than you will ever see in your lifetime already...... However now I am interested in Crypto, a new challenge and something that interests me, a new challenge... I don't care if you believe me or not, I am just telling you about my experiences if they are relevant to the posting at that time... I have encountered many animals and countries in my time and if relevant I will share them with you??

XSAS, I totally agree with you - When you happen to encounter an experience with something unearthly, or atleast an animal never been seen before by your eyes, whats rambling through your head is "Oh my god, does it see me? Should I run?" Fright comes first. Then when you realize you had the chance to take pictures, and still have a chance, you just might. It might not be clear due to the nerves (Fear and excitement). Fright comes first and then entertainment, or atleast proof to show you had an encounter with this "thing".

Firstly I don't have a camera with and secondly.... if I did, I would not have moved to grab it...

I know, I'm just explaining what most people would of done, camera or not, scared or excited.

I Know if I was at Loch ness and I saw a massive thing rise from the waters surface, I would grab my camera (if I had it and snap away)... however when the decision can affect your health, I think you take a different approcah.. You really need to be there to appreciate how your mind works during the experience. Like I said, I don't lie and I don't exagerate... I just tell my experiences.

You can clearly see the snake in the left half of the pic. The black shape in the red box is something that Mr. halo pointed out which he said he thinks looks like it could be another snake. The shape in the green box is something which I noticed, which could be another snake. But it's also fair to say that those two 'new' shapes also look like they could just be part of the environment.

I totally agree with you.

Say you visit Loch Ness and you decide to bring a camera along. On this specific day, the loch ness monster happens to rise up from the lake and approach you closer and closer. You would say if you weren't their that you would immediately take pictures every second you have. But when your their, really their - in front of the monster, you wouldn't be saying that. You wouldn't be grabbing your camera. You'd be running for your life. So basically you could be talking but in real life, when faced to the actual situation, some may not.

The black shape noticed in the red box, personally to me, as you said is environmental. You can clearly see the difference between a snake thats atleast normal, and the object in the red box. I'd have to say its a rock or darker soil or something!?

But whats scary is in the green box, what you outlined to me looks like a skull, a cats skull. If you tilt your head a little to the right, you can see it but I highly believe its just coincidental and is probably part of the landform.

Tell me if you don't see it but look carefully in the green box. I'll try to guide you to seeing it if you dont...

Firstly... I don't run for my life, however I know when it is a silly idea to panic out loud. Toi answer your question, I would be composed enouigh to take a few snaps of Nessie if the chance arose.

Ok, so your saying that if the Loch Ness Monster was approaching you, you wouldn't run - run for your life?

Usually people would be shocked at first to see the sighting of the Loch Ness Monster and when they get the chance to take some quick snapshots after a minute of shock, excitement, fear, and amazement, your chance is over.

No I don't think I would run, first of all if you are at the Loch you are there for one reason... to try to get a glimpse of Nessie, am I right ? so you go prepared camera in hand etc... Nessie is shy and elusive, unlike a giant snake who is at the top of the food chain in its own environment. Nessie would not scare me unless I was in the middle of the Loch in a rowing boat and she popped up smiling at me.

The snake I saw was big and it makes me smile when you get a reply saying "over exagerated I think" and the individuals that are saying it is over exagerated believe in Sea monsters, Big foot, Chupa and all the others that have no solid proof of their existence yet they can't get their head around a Boa growing to enormous sizes???

Well nessie is a plesiosaur,not a snake.

I have to disagree Plesiosaurs became extinct 10s of millions of years ago and Loch ness was only formed 10 thousand years ago.... the lock was land when Dinosaurs roamed the land and swam the sea's?

Became extinct millions of years ago,sounds exactly like a skeptic thing to say Same idea as the coelacanth,thought was extinct,but it's not.Plesiosaurs could be the same.

On the contrary... I am no sceptic, but how did the plessie get into the Loch... I believe their is something in that body of water, been their many times but not seen anything myself, I don't believe it is a plessie and if it is it would not be one has we remeber them... they must have evovled into something that resembles it's ancester... similar to the human race, we are not the grunting knuckle draggling trogladyte we were when we lived in caves (well some of us are) but we are similar in stucture.

Underwater channels and tunnels are the answer.Okanogon lake for instance,was proven not too long ago to have these,leading to other lakes,and eventually to the ocean.So it's possible these sea creatures travel between lakes.Therefore,some sightings differ,as it is a dif sea monster each time...

I know about the caves and channels and if this was correct then they would probably only be used on a migration run or similar, I don't think a family of Dino's would leave a food rich ocean to struggle in a loch... maybe they move through these caves and tunnels on a migration run similar to salmon and birds??

Exactly.You have the right idea

Good we have agreed so now we need to get back to the Lau... Although I am confident this is a giant Snake, big boa or similar not really a crtptid just a snake bigger than any found before not in my opinion an undiscovered species, we know the species exist but not seen one of this size yet?

There have been reports of ones this big.Most likely an anaconda.

I agree a snake of that proportion would generally be identified as the green Anaconda but, they are only native to South America not Uganda where the Lau has been seen so we go to the next big snake down the list a Python, I know they are native to Uganda but dont generally as a rule grow as big as the Anaconda in fact an 18ft Anaconda would weigh more than a 33 foot Python. In my opinion the Lau is a big python that habitast an area of uganda that has very lkittle humanb contact as this would give this fellor the time he need to grow into a big snake, the less human contact it has the better chance of growing without being hunted.

I'm not talking specifically about green anacondas,could be any version of an anaconda. This 'Lau' seems to be too big to be a python.

I don't know that much about snakes.

But I've always wondered why cobras have those flaps by their head.

Any help?

Well,i love reptiles,so i know quite a bit about em.But if you want really really specific info on em than ask MHX about that.But the reason for the flap on the cobra heads is mostly for mating appearance purposes.They all hav designs/colors of some sort,and they show it off to impress the females.Also to scare away predators,as the flaps make the snake seem bigger and tougher.

I think you mean the Cobra's hood, it makes it look bigger when in the aggressive strike position... it shows its enemy that I am a big snake don't mess.

Oh....like stegosauruses.

I know lots of stuff about dinosaurs, but have no idea how to spell.

I wish i could see something like that....... I would be freaked out, but then again it would be awesome....

Yea,i did mean hoods.

You got it right.And yes,dinos are awesome.

I don't know much about Dino's is the Stegathingymajig the one in Jurassic park that got the fat guy in the car after spitting at him??

Any extinct or said to be extinct dinosaur with always possibilities can still be living, either in an unexplored/unmapped island or well-hidden. But its always a possibility and we really can't conclude that its extinct, every single detail about it.

So M, what is your opinion on this being a giant snake?

Well - I have my doubts but also my percentage of a real possibility is created lol (I'd have to say personally to me I believe in this 98% factual). It could be an anaconda, overgrown or exaggerated by its length. It sounds like a description of an anaconda and a case of an anaconda...Do you agree?

I agree this would be an anaconda but they don't live in Uganda... as afra as I know??? We can not dismiss this being another giant snake like a python. You can't say exagereted in Length and then move onto another post and discuss somthing that is not yet proven to exist.

We know snakes exsit and there are big ones... I have seen one and I think you said I exagerated the length then?

Well anacondas can be all over for all we know. It could be living in Uganda and even Israel! (My point being it could live anywhere, especially large swamps). I said exaggerated in length because the people who described the lau said what ever it was, it was an estimation of 100 feet long. I highly doubt this is true and I said it was probably an exaggeration of what they saw - a large and long anaconda. I wasn't talking to you about the exaggerated length - sorry if you thought that. And oh yeah, anacondas for sure exist and they for certain are extremely large in length!

I know snakes, but I am pretty sure that Anaconda's have not been found anywhere else... prabaly why you don't find rattlers in Europe.

Ha - true. But China could have its wooden densely populated swamp areas, no?

Yes... We don't really know because they have not been found out of South America, I suppose it does not rule out they are in other countries.

I agree with what XSAS just said. But mysterey man is also right.