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02-20-2009, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' sparks fears of mythical monster in Borneo
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By Richard Shears Last updated at 9:23 AM on 20th February 2009 According to legend, the Nabau was a terrifying snake more than 100ft in length and with a dragon's head and seven nostrils. But now local villagers living along the Baleh river in Borneo believe the mythical creature has returned after this photo of a gigantic snake swimming along the remote waterways has emerged. The picture, taken by a member of a disaster team monitoring flood regions by helicopter, has sparked a huge debate about whether the photos are genuine or merely the work of photo-editing software. Borneo's Nessie: The image that sparked fears a giant serpent was stalking the river Baleh Even the respected New Straits Times newspaper in Kuala Lumpur has asked readers to make up their own minds about the photos. Villagers who claim to have seen the snake say they have given it the name of Nabau, after an ancient sea serpent which can transform itself into the shapes of different animals. People who have studied the photograph of the shape taken from the air have dismissed suggestions that it's a log. As one writer asked: 'A log can't be that winding, can it?' Others have suggested it's a speedboat, but this has been dismissed because of the twisting wake. The most common accusation is that the photo has simply been manipulated on a computer, while others complain that the river is a different colour to the real Baleh rover which is a murky brown. But villagers who insist the snake exists say that photos of the creature being taken in different parts of the river prove it is swimming about. Earlier this month scientists unearthed the fossil of a killer snake that was longer than a bus, as heavy as a small car and which could swallow an animal the size of a cow. The 45ft long monster - named Titanoboa - was so big that it lived on a diet of crocodiles and giant turtles, squeezing them to death and devouring them whole. Weighing an impressive 1.25 tons, it slithered around the tropical forests of South America 60million years ago, just five million years after the last dinosaurs were wiped out. Partial skeletons of the boa constrictor-like prehistoric killer were found in a Colombian coal mine by an international team of fossil hunters. |
02-20-2009, 04:08 PM | #2 |
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Re: Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' sparks fears of mythical monster in Borneo
Cool pics but I would say fake, the wake in the top picture doesn't look natural.
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02-21-2009, 09:16 PM | #3 |
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Re: Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' sparks fears of mythical monster in Borneo
I thought that initially but it may not be a wake it maybe bubbles under the water from the writhing of the beast big fella!!lol.On reflection,looking at the trees for some sense of scale-it's head would be the size of a front door!!
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02-21-2009, 09:34 PM | #4 |
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HaHa yeah if that thing is real those people have something serious to worry about!
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02-21-2009, 09:37 PM | #5 |
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Re: Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' sparks fears of mythical monster in Borneo
Big Dan you know there've always been rumours of these things-smoke and fire etc.There've been reports of fishermen being found in huge snakes;wellies hanging ite of their mithes etc.
An owd mate of mine was based in Borneo in the army/special services etc-i'll ask him abite these things next wik. |
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Yeah and actually I wouldn't be surprised if there is something like that out there, I mean we're still finding new species of stuff all the time! Wow I sure wouldn't want to be based in Borneo!
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Yeah.they're so stealthy that's the point-before you know it no escape for the big guy!!lol.
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Re: Picture of 100ft-long 'snake' sparks fears of mythical monster in Borneo
just when we thought we in the north were safe
another monster appears wow terrific mating rituals too LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TF7d4jvays |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFRa...eature=related
and, this one too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np8Ki4VEEVk&NR=1 Last edited by THE eXchanger; 02-22-2009 at 04:04 AM. |
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Disclaimer: Viewer beware! View at your own risk! The horror! 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMwt_fEe3CY&NR=1 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55p7g...eature=related 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QFjIvOzKk. 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYXc1UNk1SM. 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTcF-7opGLU. 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZwTFWyI4Ho&feature=dir. I wonder what really exists in the crust of the earth. The snake hole may be very, very deep. The process of 'enlightenment' may involve learning and viewing some very ugly and horrible things. Why do so many people behave as though ignorance were a virtue? Facing reality is a virtue. The horror!
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