No one is gonna believe me but i dont really care. So i will state the facts. About 3 years ago me and the wife saw a timber rattler in september. Layin on a country rd in a holler. This was in a private area with not much around. This snake had over 18 rattlers. I would lose count around 18 but think it had around 20 to be fair. Im 6ft 2 inches. This snake was longer than me without a doubt. I thought 7ft but just to be fair im gonna say 6ft 4 inches. Im in flip flops and shorts, have a baby in the car and a wife. It was gettin dark. I couldnt find anything to kill it with. I decided to run it over. So i back up over and over tryin to kill it in a little toyota corolla. The dang thing finally got off the road into a grown up ditch beside the mountain and my wife had enough. I gave up on it. I posted about it on here before just to have a few call me a liar. I was a carpenter for a long time. I know what length is. After aldeer called me a liar i checked on their info. Yes the world record timber rattlesnake is 62 or 64.5 inches. I bet evetything this snake was atleast a few inches if not 6 inches longer than the record. I think about that dang snake a whole lot. I even thought about goin back 3 years later to hunt for him! I think he survived my car whipping. It kills me that i had no idea what the record was and let it get away. This snake was huge. Long, he was fat but not fat like the world record. Just thick and long. His head was the size of my fist. I know he was over 6ft easy. Im at a loss. Im not mistaken. I had pictures in my phone but killed my phone. I had no idea the record was only over 6ft. Im devestated. I figured the record woulda been crazy like 8ft. I know next time if i ever see one 6ft or more, that joker and gettin away.
