it is true for a big snake lets say 15-20+ meters to have a hard time moveing in land but keep in mind in the depths of amazon, they mostly swim trough rivers, and do not go to far in to the main land.

for over 100s of years the tribes around the amazon river claim seeing gigantic snakes, far bigger than 30ft, Bull eaters, i do not think these are lies.
and what do you people expect for proof?
would u stand still if you saw a 20-30 meter snake comming by just to try to prove for the Rest of the world they do exist? i dont think so, u put your legz behind your back and run like u never run before.
GASH freakkin

If the claims were true, this would have been one extraordinary snake: the Guinness Book of World Records lists the longest snake ever found at 32.75 feet (10 meters)
-a specimen shot in Celebes, Indonesia, in 1912
-and heaviest (living) snake at 403 lb (182.76 kg) Burmese Python on display at the Serpent Safari Park in Gurnee, Illinois).
The recent Indonesian find would have exceeded the largest known snake in length by nearly 50% and in weight by an amazing 140%.

Wouldn't one find tracks, carcasses, skin? A snake that ate a bull would leave an impressive trail.

All that lot aint so scary You could gather that evidence. The trail should be able to be spotted from the air.

Perhaps the naitives don't really know what a foot is, to them a 28 footer might be a 60 footer. Especially if it draws attention. Remember the shirinking 49 foot python ? Link

From the site

The picture above was taken in 1959 by a Belgium helicopter pilot, Col. Remy Van Lierde, while on patrol over the congo. The snake he saw measured approximately 40 to 50 feet in length, dark brown/green with a white belly. It had triangle shaped jaws and a head about 3 ft x 2 ft. Experts have analyzed the pictures and have verified them as authentic. They also have verified the size of the creature by matching ground features to the snake. As the helicopter flew in lower the snake raised up 10 feet and looked as if it would strike at the helicopter if they flew any closer.

Very few ground snakes lift their heads up high so there's not much need to detect airborne sounds. As the jaw is long and thin and often on the ground, it's the ideal device for picking up and transmitting vibrations straight to the inner ear.

All the herpetologists in here can help me out on this one.

Isn't that an impossible feat for a python - rearing up that far? Lifting the head is not a normal function for ground snakes, I believe.

Source

There are many ground snakes that can raise themselves up, the Anaconda can although I have never seen one do on land, also look at the Cobra however I think the 10 ft may be a bit exagerated.

If the snake is indeed as long as claimed I don't think 10 feet is much of a stretch.

If the snake is indeed as long as claimed I don't think 10 feet is much of a stretch.

And you trust some natives distant observations of some giant monster? Do you think that it is accurate? Even if the creature would be real, it's unlikely they would accurately estimate its size from afar or from legend...

i found this on the web!

Edit:I have merged both your threads together.

The problem with this photo is that REAL anacondas do not float so far out of the water like that. I have to conclude that this is a fake.

judging from the text in the bottom of the photo it is 35 meters long(114.625 feet) and 75 cm in diameter, weighs 4000 kilos. also, it says it was taken in brazil. its in a different language so im not sure.

This is all a load of BS. The heaviest snake on record is a 400 lb Burmese...No way a snake can reach 5 tons. The picture looks like a dead bloated sndaconda to me...Maybe pushing 15 feet. Nothing big, an andaconda this size would probably weigh around 200 lbs.

There are no snakes documented over 33 feet (reticulated python).

This is an obvious fake. For speculations sake though, lets pretend its real just for a moment.

This animal is far too plain and shiny to be a proper snake. Also it is emerging from a hole in the ground.

Snakes never do this.

From the EXACT SAME AREA where this photo was taken there are legends of Minhocao.

Minhocao are enormous herbivourous worms which thrive underground and curiously emerge sometimes according to myth.

A lot like the creature in the photo.