So the 20-Foot-Long “Morganza Snake” Photo is Real, But the Story Is Not This snapshot of a Giant Snake of Unusual Size has been making the rounds the past two days. It’s been kindly dubbed “The Morganza Snake.” The story goes that after the Morganza Spillway was opened to relieve flooding pressures along the Mississippi River, a host of demonic species were released into the wild. “This picture was taken by the daughter of a coworker of my wife,” wrote a listener of WWL Radio. “She was driving by the Morganza and spotted this snake along the highway. She yelled at her future father in law the stop the car so she could get a picture.” It’s been freaking people out as they try to determine the authenticity of it! At first it was a mystery. “Here in the studio,” at Hot 107.9, “we have determined that this photo-that originated from user ‘capelloamy’ on WAFB’s official website–has a few things that just don’t add up.” 1. The snake is easily 20 ft. long and we can’t think of a species of snake in Louisiana that gets to that size. 2. Someone noticed that some of the plants in the background aren’t common in Louisiana. 3. Why would a snake of any size be traveling so close to the road? The photo and snake in question is definitely real; some places have suggested it was photoshopped. The photo comes from Australia, not Louisiana. And the snake in question is a King Brown Snake — a poisonous snake that also happens to be Australia’s second-longest species of snake. This particular photo showed up on Reddit about a week ago on two separate occasions (here and here). How the photo got from Reddit, where it was clearly indicated to be an Australian King Brown Snake, to becoming the legendary “Morganza Snake” freaking people out across Louisiana is another story. Regardless, the photo and snake in question is real, but the story is not. Whether this helps you sleep better at night knowing this giant snake is really real is also another story for another day. So we’ll just let Indiana Jones take it from here. </noscript> OTHER STORIES OF NOTE TODAY: –Pot-Hating SCOTUS Rules War on Drugs Takes Precedence Over Privacy in Home –VIDEO: Newt Gingrich Gets Glittered, Looks Fabulous –San Francisco Porn Company Plans to Open Its Doors to Local Community –VIDEO: Footballer Chris Mavinga Karate Kicks Mehdi Carcela’s Face Off –D’Oh! Computer Glitch Costs California Gas Station Owner $21,000 in Three Hours –Santorum: Ex-POW McCain “Doesn’t Understand” Torture HVculture HVCulture is our bin for all things Culture.
ed 18.05.11 @ 12:26 pm King Browns max out at 3 meters, not 6 meters like the snake in the photo. The head looks shopped but otherwise it could be a large Burmese or Reticulated python, although I don’t know that they live anywhere where there are coniferous trees.
The Originator 19.05.11 @ 6:20 pm A young lady by the name of Brooke Villenurve is the person who supposedly took this picture. She sent it to family and friends claiming she took it. A friend then posted it on WAFB. Since the posting, Brooke has called WAFB to tell them it was a fake and joke. They have removed the picture from their website.
Al Coritz 20.05.11 @ 9:51 pm Those trees as cut in a special way for havesting “rubber” I would say, by the size of the snake and the way it’s carrying it’s head it could only be a “King Cobra”. A diurnal snake in rubber producing countries like Indonesia & Maylaysia.
Bret Grant Jr 19.07.11 @ 9:40 am all snakes are perfectly capable of carrying their heads in this way… especially if they are moving at a decent pace but this guy appears to be stopped and looking around getting ready to move again… so if that’s the case it could be any kind of snake… i hope it doesn’t kill anyone as it is big enough to whether or not it’s venomous
Rinus 12.10.11 @ 12:29 pm This is the latest – picture doing rounds on facebook in South Africa now This Black Mamba was caught on camera close to some graves near a sugarcane plantation in Richards Bay, South Africa. Estimated to be about 6 and half meters long. Estimated Age been 45, born around 1960. Has enough venom to kill 400 men
Fairyt Annysia 20.10.11 @ 6:15 am WTF. Apparently this is now a Black Mamba, & was photographed in Richards Bay South Africa… Woul really love to know where this photo is ACTUALLY from…
Robwilsonps3god 22.01.12 @ 4:36 pm snakes will go along the road side. they absorb the heat off the tarmac you knob head. when i was a kid there was a man in west palm beach who was driving down the road and ran over wat he thought was a large branch. he got a puncture so got out ran his hand around the wheel to find the whole. but he got jabbed by a fang left in the tyre by the snake that was along the road. to cut this short he died . so dont try saying snakes wont go along a road. dip shit
M.Leatherbarrow 25.01.12 @ 10:47 pm The snake is from Australia, in fact it’s near the holiday park at Lake Somerset in Queensland approximately 1.5 hours drive west of Brisbane. My cousin who works at this park had it on her Facebook page and no doubt it spread quickly from there. Looking at the snake, I think it’d be a python that length. Also having been down that road to the holiday park I can verify the fence is very much alike the one in this picture. Thank you.
M.Leatherbarrow 25.01.12 @ 10:48 pm The snake is from Australia, in fact it’s near the holiday park at Lake Somerset in Queensland approximately 1.5 hours drive west of Brisbane. My cousin who works at this park had it on her Facebook page and no doubt it spread quickly from there. Looking at the snake, I think it’d be a python that length. Also having been down that road to the holiday park I can verify the fence is very much alike the one in this picture. Thank you.
JDHquarterhorses 27.01.12 @ 6:51 pm isnt this snake a beauty?!! i’ve been telling people that this looks like an indigo…i have seen indigos this big years ago when i used to ride my horses on the st.johns wildlife santuary and the st.johns river in florida..the background definately looks like florida..
Cjhdancer 28.01.12 @ 1:06 am If you check out Hoax Slayer (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/king-brown-snake.shtml), they debunked it as a King Brown in Australia… seems the vegetation isn’t right for that country either. They thought it might be a type of Python, but weren’t sure… and weren’t sure the photo was real either.
LaShae Nobdy 28.01.12 @ 7:13 pm The only thing I’d like to say is, look at the sun positioning and shadows in the photo. The same directionality is showing on the snake’s body as it is with the shadows of the trees. If it was photoshop, they certainly took that into effect as well. That also looks like a cornfield in the background along with pine and oak trees so *shrugs* who knows.
Will 03.02.12 @ 3:03 am Giant snake emerges from floods in brisbane Says he will only speak to the heir of slitherin
Incubus 05.02.12 @ 8:35 am Ok i just MUST say something, after stumbling upon this. THIS is a KING BROWN snake, the picture was taken in BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. The trees in the foreground are obviously a special area of a few diff trees near a park. the Trees and Bushes in the background are australia natural fauna. The snake is very real and very deadly. Aussieguy
Stefan Wessels 10.02.12 @ 10:26 pm Sorry Aussie, the South African’s were just as convinced as you – this has been debunked on the 27th of Jan this year: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ss/Giant-Snake-In-Delray-Fla.htm
Stefan Wessels 10.02.12 @ 10:29 pm Debunked on the 27th of Jan: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/animalkingdom/ss/Giant-Snake-In-Delray-Fla.htm
Stefan Wessels 11.02.12 @ 2:45 pm Really Al? Have you ever even seen a rubber plantation or even been in any of these countries? The fact that you can’t even spell the names properly makes me think neither (and those are just normal trees). That looks NOTHING like Indonesia or Malaysia… plus the snake is a hoax btw.