that story is a lie...when the snake was measured to be only 21', they claimed it was not the real one and that they had a 49' retic but wouldnt show it to the public because it was some religious thing to them. in other words, their shot at publicity for their community went sour so they tried to salvage their rep by lieing horribly and saying it wasnt the real one.

largest snake i am aware of is the 32' retic found in 1912.



i am told that is a pic of the 32' retic, but not sure.

up until last year baby was the largest living snake at 27' and 400+lbs, until she died of "heart failure" and was cut up and tossed into a field by her spectacular and wonderful owners, from serpent safari, in gurnee illinois.



as of right now, the largest living snake to my knowledge would be fluffy, bob clarks retic which is 22 or 23'