Sightings of hoop snakes have been reported since colonial times in North America and for at least the past century in Australia. This snake grasps its tail in its mouth and rolls after its prey, thereby achieving great speed, especially when going downhill. Hoop snakes have been clocked going over 60 m.p.h. At the tip of its tail is a highly venomous stinger, making this a creature to be avoided at all costs. It is the only species of snake known to have a stinger on its tail, and this stinger is so poisonous that even if it strikes a tree, the tree will instantly wither, turn black, and die.
If you should encounter a hoop snake in the wild, the best defense is to run as fast as you can and hope to find a fence to leap over. The hoop snake will have to uncoil to get through the fence, thereby slowing it down. Some have reported that diving through the hoop of the snake will cause it to run away. This, however, has never been verified.
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********************************************* this has got to be one of the most childish, patheticly stupid thing to believe in. Snakes cannot even hold themselves upward for more than a few seconds, let alone hold themselves in a perfect circle capable of rolling.
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him saying that snakes can't hold themselves up for no more then a few seconds, well lets just say he's not near as knowledgable about snakes as he wants people to think. When I was in the Army, in Viet Nam, I went on R&R (rest and recreation) in Thailand. Me and some friends went hiking in the hills. I confronted a huge King Cobra and when he reared up, him and me was eye to eye for almost 8 minutes. Him growling, and close enough I could smell his nasty breath. I froze, knowing not to tempt this venomous giant in anyway. After what seemed like an eternity, he lowered himself and crawled off in the bush. And as far as the gentlemans knowledge of snakes, my grandfather lost a leg because a hoop snake stunk him while thrashing wheat in Oklahoma in 1917. Just because you don't see one or know nothing but whats on TV, it doesn't mean something doesn't exist. Turn off the video games, get out and "learn" and see things. And this applies to the gentleman who said the quote above..............sir, you are VERY SHELTERED. I can back up what I"m talking about, your intelligence didn't impress me. Have a good day.
the ridicule for many stories is deserved as i do not believe the 60 mph part, or the stinging of a tree and instant death. some people tell in a mater-of-fact manner. they could be truthfully telling what they saw.
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This is one of the biggest lines of crap that you will ever hear. There are NO Hoop Snakes.
Some snakes that are in pain, (useully respirtory) will bite it's self, and have seen them with tail in mouth.
The fear that people have of snakes sometimes causes the imagination to run wild.
We fear what we don't know, educate yourself, and don't pass those fear on to your kids.
When I was 6 years old in 1959 growing up just outside of Hanover,Ohio on a farm on wills road off of 668. I was riding on a hay wagon helping my dad,brother and mom putting up hay,My dad yelled and said look at that it was a hoop snake rolling around the hay field, My dad said don't get off of the wagon and my dad jumped on the wagon with us,My dad said watch because that may be the only hoop snake you'll ever see in a life time.Told me he has seen them when growing up in West Virgina when he was a kid back in the 30s I have only seen one other hoop snake in the 80's and I got to point it out to my kids,Yes people they are real and roll like a hoop,but they are rare to every being seen.My Dad did say they were a poison snake.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tff9ihACTao
TO BELIEVE THAT, you need evidence, scientific proof...there is none. The physical bone structure of a snake, (any snake) makes it impossible. There is no missing link people, only missing link is that of the human brain and reality. Tell the story enought times and one starts to believe its true.
O, By the way...snakes don't sting!
TO BELIEVE THAT, you need evidence, scientific proof...there is none. The physical bone structure of a snake, (any snake) makes it impossible. There is no missing link people, only missing link is that of the human brain and reality. Tell the story enough times and one starts to believe its true.
O, By the way...snakes don't sting!
I'm not a person who lies, but you are a very sad person to think you know it all.
I do not nor have I made claim to knowing everything...BUT I DO KNOW SNAKES! In that I am almost an expert. If you know anything more about them (other than Hoop snakes) please enlighten me. I've got a minute.
Hell, heres a noval idea, Google Hoop Snake.
Dumb Shits
Researchers at the University of Calgary in Alberta Canada have have a secret research program at the Canadian Rockies and Foothills Biogeoscience Institute at the Barrier Lake experimental station in the Kananaskis valley. (The G7 meetings were held in the valley several years ago, with world leaders in attendance, including George W. Bush. Hoop snakes were clandestinely used for back up security by the CIA during that conference.
This program must be kept secret, as the venom is so terribly poisonous and there is no known antidote. If it was to fall into the hands of terrorists, like Al Qeda or one of the weird militias or other such losers, it could be catastrophic for the planet. The institute staff are sworn to secrecy and will deny all knowledge of these rare snakes and this program.
Interestingly, this has nothing to do with the super poison venom. Alberta, a major energy producing area, funds energy research, and this is one of the projects. They want to unlock the secrets of how the hoop snake propels itself.
It appears there is a micro bio radiation nuclear reaction at the cellular level within the spine of the hoop snake. This splits atoms and changes mass to energy as predicted by Einstein
And the G7 that was held in 1992 there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_G8_summit
http://www.ucalgary.ca/
http://bgs.ucalgary.ca
Just look for yourself. Idyllic spot. No one suspects what they are doing there.
I repeat this is real. HOOPSNAKES ARE REAL, and may hold the secrets of the salvation of the planet.