it was cold and the river was half frozen. so the big constrictor was dead. eye stripes makes it look like a Burm and it must have been dead for awhile.
more here - http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016...iver/21642138/Cleveland, Ohio (WJW) -- Two fishermen found something unexpected when they went fishing in the Chagrin River.
Sam Lincoln posted the photos on Instagram with the caption:
"When you're trying to swing up some holiday steel and you don't catch any fish but you catch a 16 foot constrictor instead."
i wonder how it got there. was it released alive to the wilds and it died due to exposure in the cold? or was it already dead and dumped in the river? not good for herpers either way.