Randyâ€"you’re probably doing this research because of the e-mail that went around a couple of years ago of the guy holding what was supposed to be a 70-pound or 90-pound or whatever rattler at arm’s length. The snake was supposedly caught around hico or Stephenville or somewhere in there. As I told a woman who asked me about the snake, who do you know who can hold that much weight at arm’s length? An anaconda that length wouldn’t weigh that much. The longest snake I personally have knowledge of and will vouch for was caught on the king ranch. It’s mounted in the king ranch museum and I think it measures 7 ½ feet or maybe 7-9â€"somewhere in there. It probably weighed 10 to 12 pounds. I don’t know much about snake weights except for those I’ve killed and handled. They’re not very heavy, even the six footers. The rattlesnake roundup at sweetwater would probably be the world’s authority on rattler weights. Also a couple of years ago, an e-mail made the rounds with a guy holding an enormous mountain lion. It was supposedly killed near aledo. One e-mail even had a ranch nameâ€"the moncrief ranch. I probably got 10 versions of that e-mail. Turns out the photo was downloaded from the boone and crockett website and the cat was killed in Washington state. The internet is gossip at the speed of light. Good luck, ray sasser