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Sounds like a very large trouser snake

All snakes tend to shy away from humans and Anaconda only live is South America. Based on your description, the snake you saw was most likely a python, which can grow to over 10 feet.

Did it look like this?

http://memolition.com/2013/10/27/titanoboa-prehistoric-monster-snake-6-pictures/

king cobra

King Cobra

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joedirt wrote:

king cobra

Agree. It's a big snake that fits that description. You don't see the hood and markings when it's just cruising along.

It wasn't 30 ft. The excitement/fear made your brain exaggerate how big it was.

Kobara wrote:

joedirt wrote:

king cobra

Agree. It's a big snake that fits that description. You don't see the hood and markings when it's just cruising along.

It wasn't 30 ft. The excitement/fear made your brain exaggerate how big it was.

The heaviest king cobra found in the wild weighed 12 kg. It's more like a garden hose than a scary monster.

A python though is a different kind of animal...

King Cobras are actually fairly thick. Considering the individual is over estimating the length of the snake, it is likely he is over estimating the weight as well. Cobras often move with their head up off the ground as described as they have excellent vision, and are much faster than an indian python which moves in a rectilinear motion and tend to be shorter. Whereas king cobras tend to be longer, move linearly and are much faster. It is also possible there is an invasive anaconda species there, but it is difficult to envision any species that is fast moving, 30' long, that weighs what he is estimating.

joedirt wrote:

King Cobras are actually fairly thick. Considering the individual is over estimating the length of the snake, it is likely he is over estimating the weight as well. Cobras often move with their head up off the ground as described as they have excellent vision, and are much faster than an indian python which moves in a rectilinear motion and tend to be shorter. Whereas king cobras tend to be longer, move linearly and are much faster. It is also possible there is an invasive anaconda species there, but it is difficult to envision any species that is fast moving, 30' long, that weighs what he is estimating.

Indeed it is. Especially since nobody has ever found even a single snake on the planet that has been verified to be 30 feet long!

Kobara wrote:

joedirt wrote:

king cobra

Agree. It's a big snake that fits that description. You don't see the hood and markings when it's just cruising along.

It wasn't 30 ft. The excitement/fear made your brain exaggerate how big it was.

less than 6-inches most likely

There is rumored to be some abnormally large anaconda that one amazon basin tribe wont lead civilized people to because they worship the thing.

I actually stopped for a pee during my run in India that day.

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I am glad many responded to my posting which was indeed true. Just like the African episode we too worship snakes and our management when reported about the strange sighting did not want it to be disturbed.

From the postings one can conclude that it was either a very large king Cobra or an invasive anaconda.as suggested by joehirt. But still there are several discrepancies in its identification

Let me reiterate the following:

1.It was much longer than the 10 feet described for a normal python by Trackcoach

2. It was not like the photo shown by Coach Judge which is fattier darker relatively shorter no straight body and no hood up and people nearby. what I saw was straight longer swifter 1 to 11/2 head up and ferocious. No one go near it.

3. It is true in my anxiety/shock I could have over estimated the length by about 5 feet and weight too. The conservative estimate could be 20 to 25 feet long and about 75 to 100 kg weight. In its swift movement I could have missed its hood markings too. However, Its weight must be much higher than the 12 kg limit described for king cobra

4. Yes, it had excellent vision. Before I noticed it, it had noticed me and that is why it moved away from me. It also looked like an intelligent creature. Otherwise it could not have survived in that place which is not a forest. People do move in nearby areas. But it can always hide at the lake bed which runs into several acres. I wonder how many such creatures exist in that location

Thanks for the response. I am glad I shared my strange sighting to all of you

Dr.Arunachalam Lakhmanan

There are no "invasive anacondas" in India. What a bunch of bullcrock.

Could have been an invasive Burmese python as they grow huge (just ask Floridians) and that is not to far from their native range (could have come off of a boat), although they are not that fast and aren't known for travelling with their head elevated.