Taken directly from facebook - King Brown....

[redlittlejim]

paintshop pro ninja strikes again

 

[slim6y]

So - has someone formally identified it? Even if it is photoshop, is it in Braxton? Is it in Australia? Where did the photo first originate? What is the snake? Is it as large as it looks? All these questions remain unanswered....

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

and so they shall remain unanswered,from that distance ,photoshopped and in an unknown location,a guess is about as close as you will get.

it looks like it could be a photo of a black snake thats been photoshopped too look about 6m long.
from that angle there is no way of telling for sure so its best forgotten about someone just made it for attention.

 

[MrsHungry]

id say it was a fake... the shadows from the trees dont seem to match up. i have photoshop myself and really if i did one u wouldnt notice the differance lol. but if it is real id say maybe a blackheaded python, but being in braxton would mean its out of place, maybe a lost pet that got the taste of sheep, lol, i know blackheadedes get big ive seen them cross roads out west of gladstone.

 

[-Peter]

ooh, so shiny...

 

[hrafna]

omg! somebody lost their pet king cobra!!!!!

 

[saximus]

Whether or not it's fake, why does it have to be pointed out that it's from the Cobra family? Does that make it more scary for people who don't already understand our own snakes?

 

[Karly]

I got sent the same photo on email yesterday only this time it was seen in Cardwell... you can tell it's Cardwell because of the sugar cane in the background.....

Gee this snake moves around alot!

 

[SnakeyTroy]

Someone emailed this photo to me the other day too. I thought if it is an actual snake there has definately been some photoshop involved to stretch it's length considerably.

 

[wranga]

since when do king browns come from around braxton (near newcastle nsw)? and if im not wrong, it looks like sugar cane growing it the background. and i dont think theres cane growing around braxton

 

[slim6y]

since when do king browns come from around braxton (near newcastle nsw)? and if im not wrong, it looks like sugar cane growing it the background. and i dont think theres cane growing around braxton

You're not wrong - hence why this sort of email hype is just for attention more than anything... The fact is - this photo was taken outside my home in South Otago (NZ).... And who would know the difference??

 

[Perkele]

i got this three times at work this week and each time it had a different location. if the photo was real (assuming it isn't) that snake would be about 10m long (looking at fence posts etc).

reminds me of that shot of an african rock python which floats about being called a scrubbie...

 

[sookie]

Maybe it is the loch ness monster.i mean c'mon,scotlands a dark cold place where it drizzles all the time,who says it didn't want a sea change.backpacking it's way across the country,eating what it catches,sleeping under a million stars every night.living the aussie outback experience.

 

[Snakecatchers]

Sadly it was a hoax..... Snake Catchers :: King Brown Snake Hoax Branxton

 

[Darlyn]

Sadly it was a hoax..... Snake Catchers :: King Brown Snake Hoax Branxton

Really????

 

[Snakecatchers]

Yeah but not photo shopped! It was made to slow cars down. Very cool!

 

[AndrewHenderson]

snopes.com: King Brown Snake

it's not real

 

[PMyers]

I've seen it's mother, she lives in Loch Ness

And its father has grown fur and claws, and currently resides near Gippsland somewhere...

 

[Sissy]

Had a big brown at my back door in Bargara, (Bundaberg, QLD) and yes I'm sure they get that big in the wild.... his head was at the dripping tap in the corner and his body stretched back out toward to water tank.... and no way was I going to leave my little people out there playing under the clothes line... should have thought to take a photo...
Didn't have such a dark head and this snake looks to have dark colourings down the back so.. but it's impressive never the less... I'd stop and have a doris.... saw a beautiful red bellied black crossing the road the other day (well month) and he commanded a lot of people's attention..
not sure where Branxton is tho...

 

[Snakecatchers]

The RBB does command a lot of attention. Whilst he/she doesn't kill many they surely so some damage. A magical snake to see up close.