49 foot retic!!!

limey · 06-21-12, 08:49 PM

Wow,

Check this out from MSNBC:

49-foot python captured in Indonesia - World news - msnbc.com

snake man12 · 06-21-12, 09:27 PM

I had made a thread about this to. It turns out it was a fake that was in the twenties

MDT · 06-21-12, 09:29 PM

if truly confirmed at 49 feet, it would be quite impressive. Heck, 39 feet would be impressive.

limey · 06-21-12, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snake man12

I had made a thread about this to. It turns out it was a fake that was in the twenties

Dammit! That would have been incredibly impressive had it been real...

StudentoReptile · 06-22-12, 05:43 AM

I was just thinking the other day it was about time this news article be resurface again. Usually does about every year or so.

[sigh] Look at the date of the article. 2004. Its old news and fake news, at that. Like everyone else said, it was debunked. The 49-ft, 900+ lb python mysteriously shrunk when a real biologist went over there and whipped out a measuring tape. Who'da thunk it?! I seem to recall it was only like 23 feet or so. Still big, but no record-breaking monster.

Just Indonesian politics trying to get some publicity for their village and stupid gullible American journalists ate it up.

mykee · 06-22-12, 07:38 AM

This same "news" report shows itself every year around this time.
Seems there's more than one sucker born every minute.

limey · 06-22-12, 07:00 PM

I guess at least it's better to hear about exaggerated animal measurements that what t-shirt Justin Bieber has chosen to wear today.

I swear "news" seems to be getting less and less "newsworthy" and more mundane and pretentious.