[Vision2020] Hoax: 97 Pound Rattle Snake Near Kamiah, Idaho!

[Bruce and Jean Livingston]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/txsnake.asp

That sure looked like a diamondback, which is native to the Southwest if of the western variety.  (The eastern diamondback is supposed to be bigger, and wikipedia (consider the source, I know) lists the record size as 8 ft, and 26 pounds, though those numbers are debated.)  

The diamondbacks don't live up here, according to the books, so I checked snopes.com.  Your picture has been floating around the internet for a while.  It's probably a legit picture, but doubtful the Rattler weighed anywhere near 97 pounds, and almost certain that the rattler was NOT found in Kamiah, since it was first listed as being found in Texas and Missouri.  And boy am I glad of that!!!

Bruce Livingston

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From: "rafalen" <rafalen at turbonet.com>
To: <lfalen at turbonet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:35 AM
Subject: Fw: 97 Pound Rattle Snake Near Kamiah, Idaho!


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> From: "Krista Parkins" bkparkins at cpcinternet.com
> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 07:34:50 -0800
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> Subject: 97 Pound Rattle Snake Near Kamiah, Idaho!
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>      I have never seen one this big, Yet!  Kris
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>            Does anyone have a good recipe for cooking rattle snake? 
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>            Subject: 97 Pound rattle snake near Kamiah!
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>            You can't say we don't grow them big up here!!!
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>            This Idaho Buzz Worm was recently killed just up the road a piece in Lawyers Canyon, about 6 miles NE of Greencreek, Idaho.
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>            9 feet, 1 inch - 97 lbs.
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