[grimekeepa]

This Snake was found either in Midway,Bc Canada or Leesville,Louisiana USA, I am still trying to get to the bottom of that. But what I do know is that this puppy was over nine feet in length, 5 inch head, 22 rattles, and 2.5 inch fangs....... And now Narco workers have new boots!!!

[FunkPumpkin]

Holy crap! That snake is humongous!

[GODREKR]

It's fake according to this guy:

Sometimes I daydream that the myth of the giant dead rattlesnake has finally been put to rest. I imagine that inboxes will no longer be invaded by dead rattlesnakes with lengths and weights exaggerated to scare the bejesus out of people. But then I check my e-mail.

The latest picture to be doing the rounds was brought to my attention by a comment left by by Amy R on this blog. She notes that the snake on the right was allegedly killed in Mississippi. Then, Pat B. sent me an e-mail and told me the story takes place outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both said they heard the snake was eight and a half feet (2.6 meters) long (Amy R. also noted the snake allegedly had 21 rattles).

Where do we start? I'll start by saying that those lengths are bogus and the locations are...unlikely.

Update 5/2/13: OK-one more update, the picture is circulating with this story a lot, so I'm obliged to note that it's not true either: "Pat Long and his son in a blind to hunt hogs near Midway when this guy poked his head in! Pat's son shot the snake... it's 9'6" long... with 22 rattles, the head more than five inches wide, the fangs 2.5" long. Anybody going for a walk in the woods this weekend? Share with your friends and see who has good snake stories!" Bogus.

You can read his full explanation here:
About That Giant Dead Rattlesnake E-mail You Got...
(There are many other examples of this photo on this site.)

Scroll down to "1/16/13 Addendum" to read about the photo you posted here.

[Arkoquisa]

Regardless if real or not, I can tell you by the way the trees are, that is without a doubt, somewhere in the Southern US.

I remember when I was a kid, someone ran over a 12-foot Water Moccasin at the end of my street. Nobody picked it up, as the road it was killed on was just abandoned, and became the thing to see around the neighborhood.