Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' Sparks Fears of Myth

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Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' Sparks Fears of Myth
Topic Started: Feb 19 2009, 03:52 AM (151 Views)
Welsh Shaun	Feb 19 2009, 03:52 AM Post #1
Quiz Master Posts: 489 Group: Members Member #32 Joined: Jun 16 2006 Gender Male	Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' Sparks Fears of Mythical Monster in Borneo According to legend, the Nabau was a terrifying snake more than 100ft in length and with a dragon's head and seven nostrils. But now local villagers living along the Baleh river in Borneo believe the mythical creature has returned after this photo of a gigantic snake swimming along the remote waterways has emerged. The picture, taken by a member of a disaster team monitoring flood regions by helicopter, has sparked a huge debate about whether the photos are genuine or merely the work of photo-editing software. Borneo's Nessie: The image that sparked fears a giant serpent was stalking the river Baleh. Even the respected New Straits Times newspaper in Kuala Lumpur has asked readers to make up their own minds about the photos. Villagers who claim to have seen the snake say they have given it the name of Nabau, after an ancient sea serpent which can transform itself into the shapes of different animals. People who have studied the photograph of the shape taken from the air have dismissed suggestions that it's a log. As one writer asked: 'A log can't be that winding, can it?' Others have suggested it's a speedboat, but this has been dismissed because of the twisting wake. The most common accusation is that the photo has simply been manipulated on a computer, while others complain that the river is a different colour to the real Baleh rover which is a murky brown. Mythical: A second frame appears to show something snake-like in the water off a remote village But villagers who insist the snake exists say that photos of the creature being taken in different parts of the river prove it is swimming about. Earlier this month scientists unearthed the fossil of a killer snake that was longer than a bus, as heavy as a small car and which could swallow an animal the size of a cow. The 45ft long monster - named Titanoboa - was so big that it lived on a diet of crocodiles and giant turtles, squeezing them to death and devouring them whole. Weighing an impressive 1.25 tons, it slithered around the tropical forests of South America 60million years ago, just five million years after the last dinosaurs were wiped out. Partial skeletons of the boa constrictor-like prehistoric killer were found in a Colombian coal mine by an international team of fossil hunters.



Isis	Feb 19 2009, 06:43 AM Post #2
The Goddess of Darkness & Desire Posts: 9,649 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 21 2006 Gender Female Age Group 40's Country - USA Quotation - A weak body leads to a weak mind and a weak mind leads to a weak soul!!!!	Can that snake really be that long or is it just cause the picture's was taken in the air..... Edited by Isis, Feb 19 2009, 06:45 AM.
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hunter207	Feb 19 2009, 08:22 AM Post #3
Boss Posts: 456 Group: Members Member #3,288 Joined: Feb 1 2009 Gender Male	Well if you look at the length of the snake compared to the length of the bank, I'd say its really that long... though in all plausibility it is merely and optical illusion... And the muddy water thing, that always depends on where the photo was taken... this was takin from the air, so the color of the sky or trees may be reflecting off of it
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Deleted User	Feb 19 2009, 12:15 PM Post #4
Deleted User	The 'snake' in the first picture doesn't look real to me. The second pic looks more believable, but still isn't enough to convince me there's really a snake that large swimming by. Neat to look at though, and I enjoyed reading that last part about the skeletal remains they found of a snake from long ago.
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Welsh Shaun	Feb 20 2009, 08:25 AM Post #5
Quiz Master Posts: 489 Group: Members Member #32 Joined: Jun 16 2006 Gender Male	Just thought, what if thats just the baby elver?



XNavyGunner	Feb 20 2009, 08:42 AM Post #6
Gunner Posts: 11,690 Group: Global Moderators Member #89 Joined: Sep 5 2006 Gender Male	I gotta call BS. Something just doesn't look right.



Deleted User	Feb 20 2009, 08:45 AM Post #7
Deleted User	haha.... That's what I thought too Gunner - something bout that 'snake' looks too odd for it to be real...
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DONTEATUS	Feb 21 2009, 04:23 AM Post #8
Higher Species Posts: 2,631 Group: Members Member #3,287 Joined: Jan 30 2009 Gender Male	Can you say Photo Shop! No snake would grow to that length.Even the Prehistoric fossil `s just found of the Giant anaconda type snake was only 45 feet long. Lots of Snakes with computers and lots of snakie time to play on them is my bet!



The Mule	Feb 21 2009, 11:52 AM Post #9
Higher Species Posts: 2,768 Group: Members Member #3,291 Joined: Feb 7 2009 Gender Male	100 ft is just too over the top.....a 20-30 foot snake would be amazing enough...
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Prison Break	Feb 21 2009, 03:02 PM Post #10
Roxanne's Bodyguard Posts: 580 Group: Members Member #745 Joined: Feb 5 2008 Gender Male	nah, my instinct says probably some really really good graphics made and i'm prolly right.
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bones	Jun 14 2009, 09:28 AM Post #11
Newbie Posts: 13 Group: Members Member #3,345 Joined: Jun 13 2009 Gender Male	Wow, if thats real i thought the anaconda from the movies 'anaconda' were big but if thats a fake its very well done.



WReck	Jun 14 2009, 10:25 AM Post #12
Traveler Posts: 109 Group: Members Member #3,334 Joined: May 25 2009 Gender Male	it's fake. largest known snake was around 45 feet and died out long ago. However nothings imposible just saying if there is one thats not it.



Bone Shard	Jun 14 2009, 02:00 PM Post #13
BoneCollecter Posts: 835 Group: Members Member #53 Joined: Jul 31 2006	They say an anaconda could get that long but real or not I ain't going near it to find out.
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Varlok	Jun 14 2009, 02:09 PM Post #14
Boss Posts: 450 Group: Members Member #3,325 Joined: May 10 2009 Gender Male	I love the picture and possibility but unless it just looks bigger than it is, I'm leaning toward photo shopped.
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