Quote Originally Posted by dboeren View Post
That's pretty typical with people not having any idea what animals actually are and mentally upsizing them. Especially with snakes they tend to claim they are MUCH larger than reality.

My wife's parents do volunteer wildlife rehab and they get calls all the time to rescue "eagles" that turn out to be pretty much every sort of ordinary small bird.
If something is *scary,* it will look bigger in the mind's eye...at least that is my experience. I was in Texas several years ago, exploring the edge of an overgrown property. Very unexpectedly, I came upon a boar. Domestic, and tied up. I still picture it as about the size of a VW bus. Scared the bejeesus outta me!