Large snake in Rockland County lake creating a lot of concern from residents

[@GLITTERandSKULLZ]

Come to Florida, we'll show you large snakes 😂😂😂😂

[@jelanitarik7423]

💯💯💯🤣🤣

[@xx_Joker_xx]

LOL! You guys have the pythons that eat gators! LMAO! I live in south Georgia and we wonder if they will make their way up... along with some of your other critters. You have iguanas that if you hit with a car, it would total a car. LMAO! Insane!

[@GLITTERandSKULLZ]

@@xx_Joker_xx Our iguanas fall out of trees in the winter and hurt people lol

[@xx_Joker_xx]

@@GLITTERandSKULLZ that's insane!

[@jacquejac1840]

IKR! A 5ft snake is way smaller than I was expecting. I was like "the snake in my backyard is bigger than that." Lmao

[@dealwolfstriked272]

5ft??? You bozos are complaining about a 5ft snake? The pictures flashed in beginning of video made it look like a massive anaconda sized snake and then the reveal of its actual size being 5ft?!

[@tshaffer9681]

Five feet is not a very big snake. I don't mind snakes and I have grown rather fond of them. As long as they don't sneak up and bite me or aggressively chase me I am okay with them.

[@mariabowles5415]

I know, right? I thought it was GIGANTIC from the photos. 5 feet is nothing. And, it is just a rat snake. Chill out people.

[@christophersmith3867]

Not a huge snake. Not venomous, yet they had to call the cops on it???

[@chiquita683]

Then you'll be crying when these invasive snakes destroy all the habitat

[@wrzl1675]

I know right, they would jump off a bridge if they even saw an Eastern Diamondback

[@michaelmclaughlin6542]

Why is this news? There’s nothing unusual about snakes in a lake. Or large rat snakes. They’re everywhere.

[@dealwolfstriked272]

True but WTF is with all these snakes on these mutha fudgkin planes?!

[@xx_Joker_xx]

Because it's good to have something in the news other than protests and murders.

[@gladysandoval9795]

I saw little snakes and I almost stepped on one there in congers lake😶

[@zebhoover5724]

​@thebedeaufamily there are snakes in Washington State, Rubber Boa being one of them.

[@valdivia1234567]

What's even more astonishing is that the fat guy said "The police were called". WTF is up with this place?

[@Hibiscuscalyxes]

OMG, YOU have to be kidding me. People called the cops , because of a 5 foot snake!? I'm going crazy.

[@yakzivz1104]

that's new yorkers for you

[@salehmohd5231]

Coz you are crazy already snake is snake

[@Hibiscuscalyxes]

@salehmohd5231 It's a snake in a lake, where else do you want it?

[@LaDaleM]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 pictures were sent to the gov

[@andyroubik5760]

Is it illegal to be a 5 ft long snake? Let the snake be

[@Hibiscuscalyxes]

Snake lives matter!

[@karterguy1]

In New York who knows they may have made it illegal! 😂

[@greensprite4979]

Girls don't love snakes below 6ft sorry

[@Reader999]

They're afraid cuz its only 5ft. Must be "too big" for em.

[@fallonfish190]

Leave him alone. That's his house. He isn't doing anything wrong.

[@vxy357]

My sentiments exactly!!!

[@oldschool8432]

The snake or the mayor? They are the same species

[@PlanetBlake]

Yeah, but it doesn’t seem like anyone is bothering the snake. Folks just surprised and curious at seeing a large snake.

[@elijahblack1464]

"Officials actually spotted several snakes" yeah i would imagine there would be out in the woods.

[@will7its]

Snakes in a swamp....who knew???

[@jeanneminton5226]

That mayor looks extremely well fed.😮

[@midway27272727]

That is why the snake is hiding !

[@jackwilson4722]

Never seen a thin one yet..ha..heart attack...

[@Visitor9891]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrisc2683]

Probably ate the snake

[@UnknownPerson-ub8ox]

Lmao

[@writerconsidered]

They made the picture look like a big constrictor which would be an invasive species. But instead what we got was a native species rat snake. This is not a problem. Your fear isn't the snakes problem.

[@Amen.22]

This is the comment I was looking for. They never said if it was a native snake. They acted like it was an alien invader from outer space.

[@vxy357]

Amen to that!! Ain't nothing but clickbait!

[@jessperson9750]

Oh Em Gee... a snake?!?!? Outside??!?! Whoa.....

[@jharchery4117]

Really ridiculous that people don't know that rat snakes get big. Good lord.

[@fpgaruda9966]

If you enjoy nature it’s great to be surprised when you discover something new in nature. No need to call 911. Save calling the police till you get back to your car and discover it’s been broken into.

[@wrzl1675]

How many $10’s of thousands did NY spend sending the police on a little Rat Snake arrest(s)

[@gregwood1491]

Leave the Snake alone

[@mencken8]

Shows how ignorant an urbanized population has become, to get freaked out over a rat snake. Never seen a 5-footer myself, but have come across a few that probably were 3-4’.

[@LawrenceJohnson-ys1vk]

All of New York is not urbanized, upstate NY is nothing like NYC

[@geemcgraff8281]

Not all people like snakes. Your statement alone makes you ignorant.

[@katieking8830]

They live all around me that size, keep the poisonous snakes away!

[@fpgaruda9966]

@@geemcgraff8281 I totally understand your point and I agree that many people don’t like snakes. Maybe mencken8 use of ignorant can be seen a bit offensive? I have to side with mencken here though. My childhood, outside of school, was almost entirely in the woods behind the house. By eight years old my friends and I were riding mini bikes all day in the woods or building forts. Snakes freaked me out then too but we’d still try to catch them. Today in this country most kids spend their childhood with walls around them. Inside playing video games or in the fenced in yard. When my friends bring their kids on a hike now, it’s mostly on a paved bike path in manicured grass fields. Perhaps unfamiliar works better than ignorant?

[@Lucy1256]

@@geemcgraff8281 If this bothers you dont visit or move to the south or Florida, not just snakes, alligators too, for extra fun.

[@AP-wt9yh]

When Karens realize snakes live in the wild

[@Wait..WHAT24]

😂😂😂

[@BecomingWolves]

People in Australia be like Hold My Beer!

[@brianbullivant1009]

The Florida Everglades are a heck of a lot closer to me than Australia is.😂

[@Wait..WHAT24]

@@brianbullivant1009Fr!! 😂😂😂

[@Wait..WHAT24]

😂

[@SHEMAVXN]

He said lend it to Mayor Adams 😂😂😂

[@mikelliteras397]

That’s not big, come on.

[@JimsEquipmentShed]

5’ long and their panties are in a twist? Geeze, they should visit South America, in Panama, we had snakes that when coiled, were wider than 5’.

[@maxdaly8185]

They called the police out there😆😆😆

[@johnskibajr5691]

SOME people are afraid of snakes. Jeez - they called the police out for that!

[@brianhaflin9799]

I think the original concern was that someone might have let a snake free that didn't belong there.

[@crankyyankee7290]

Did they demand ID ?

[@Jamminmotorking]

It’s a shame how disconnected humans are with nature. This was not the case when the natives owned the land.

[@tylorsmith6678]

Pretty pathetic that this is news worthy when Americans are suffering good job CBS

[@justbecause9645]

suffering?????

[@optimusgaming8629]

“Why are we still here? Just to suffer?”

[@weAreNotAloneHere]

I can bet you if it’s no longer sited someone’s eaten it ..

[@jamesguteta512]

I live in Nairobi, Kenya ... I've seen one today 10 times larger than that one... no one is bothered ... why is this news?

[@kenjr]

It’s harmless . Leave it alone!

[@robertlee3]

That's nothing. That's just a little old corn snake. I grew up in Iowa and that's just a baby. We saw snakes that were 15 ft long and the worst they would do is turn their belly up and make this nasty stink and play dead. They're just weird creatures they're all just trying to get by man leave them alone.

[@floridagunrat1625]

I think a 15 ft. corn snake in Iowa would be newsworthy!

[@martykroenecke4273]

The only place you ever saw a 15ft snake in Iowa was a zoo! Not even bull snakes get that big in Iowa.

[@floridagunrat1625]

@@martykroenecke4273 yup! I was just being polite.

[@tomdemoss388]

​@martykroenecke4273 yea I live in Iowa. Personally never seen a bullsnake over 6 ft or so. Not saying they can't get bigger, I've just never seen one.

[@doubledforge]

A 5 ft black rat snake is a concern? lmao!

[@BlairHorror]

thats a average water snake. harmless and thats average sized. ive caught way bigger

[@swayback7375]

No, it’s not, and no you don’t. There’s no 5’ water snakes, it’s certainly not average, course I have no idea what you’re calling a “water snake” there’s only a few in the US tho, they don’t get 5’. A 5’ rat snake isn’t really average either, that would require them to live for more than a few years which is hard for them to do, especially anywhere near humans. Still not a newsworthy story at all.

[@BlairHorror]

Go to any trail in the smokey mountains and you'll find a average rat snake is about 4 ft and 5 ft is definitely within the realm of possibility. And I have pictures of the water snake so I'm pretty sure it existed. and that snake there showing is NoT 5 ft. Most people aren't smart enough to even know what 12 inches looks like.

[@BlairHorror]

I'm curious though, if your so knowledgeable, what do you THINK it is? Just tell me I'm wrong without knowing what it is?

[@michaellovelace3844]

If their maximum size is supposed to be 8 feet, I probably saw a world record years ago. What amazed me was how thick its body was. It was no mystery how it got that big though, the area was the flood plain of a creek and that water table had been going up for 30 years, so a bunch of small ponds had formed with no fish in them. Every pond seemed to have 1000 polliwogs in it and 100 frogs around it, so the snake had pretty much a limitless food supply.

[@nathanblaine2611]

Mayor : Yea...so we called the police to arrest the snake... Reporter : Well that's a good thing because snakes are criminals...

[@intheshell35ify]

You might know them as "chicken snakes". They get huge and could not give two fucs about biting you. Get a couple of them on your property and you won't have song birds waking you up at the azzcrack of dawn.

[@sport07-o2l]

They will rob them nests. Especially if you have bird houses

[@martykroenecke4273]

While rat snakes are not venomous, they do get very aggressive, and it hurts like hell when they bite you. I know first hand. But they do keep rats and mice under control.

[@HikeColorado]

You call 5 feet a big snake 🤣 They need to start watching the Discovery Channel! Those are large snakes LOL

[@tenorhowlermonkey3454]

The Eastern Indigo can grow up to 8 feet in length, they are not aggressive to humans. Please let the emperor of the forest alone.

[@robertlandry5676]

5 feet is not LARGE 🙀

[@dragulia_venaro]

Is it illegal if a snake is well fed? 🙄

[@josephhelyenek9203]

They are all over in western Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania.

[@Strange_Shadow214]

Lol I thought they were going to show a large snake 5 ft 😂 I guess they finally got one big enough to realize there are snakes in there

[@therasprince]

The supervisor himself looks well fed

[@veritas6466]

The reporter said, “Which would you rather see a snake or a rat? I’d pick the latter”. Bubonic Plaque: “Hold my beer”

[@maranathamark]

If the picture on the video is of the snake in question, that is NOT a Rat Snake. Rat Snakes do not have Keeled Scales, as that snake in the picture clearly has, but rather smooth scales. Water Snakes DO have Keeled Scales, and likely the snake in question. A 5' long Water snake would be a big one, but not beyond possibility. Snakes tend to look far bigger to those afraid of them, than they actually are. Likely a Common or Green Water Snake, either one is harmless.

[@theigamer9926]

Americans make a mountain out of a molehill. It just was a 5 feet snake and they are acting if it was an anaconda. If someone farts they would say oh someone has attacked, bombing us. Wtf

[@jimscaccia5416]

Leave the snake alone. It's a baby. People are the problem

[@stevehaller6332]

Where I was raised, a 5 ft rattlesnake was considered a baby. We were told when we saw them going to the grain bins leave them alone because they were going after the rats and mice around the bins

[@Hardworkandrealestateprofits]

Imagine going to a wildlife park and seeing wildlife🤦🏻‍♂️

[@tammiea8552]

When I was a kid, my dad found a small black rat snake and he took it home. When it grew to about 6', we took it to an island in Lake Erie and let it go.

[@ghostwalk2446]

He really called police!? Why?

[@shaneoneil894]

A rat snake?? Why all the fuss?

[@DKTek07]

Stupid report on nothing, it’s just a harmless noodle. Not even a threat to your dog…

[@chrisrobbins5231]

Omg! There's a.... Lake... Made of water with trees and stuff around it,. And it has... A water snake of typical adult size, and in its native habitat. And this is newsworthy lol?

[@zyg9]

is it an invasive species? Is it venomous? If not, why the hell are why talking about this?

[@sanalkumars]

I once had a rat snake tangled in net. It was rescued. Then I requested the rescuers to release it back to my property once it healed and they did.

[@scottowens4162]

I've been to Singapore multiple times and it wasn't uncommon to hear about 20 foot reticulated pythons pulled out of dumpsters in downtown.

[@KerrhenryTajores]

Police: your under arrest Snake: sheeeiii

[@tshay27]

"We sent the police out" Really? What law was the snake breaking? Has the snake turned itself in?

[@kellisailors2716]

The biggest one I saw stretched the width of a country road, it was no 5" footer to be sure and a friend saw it as well as she was in the vehicle ahead of me and swerved to avoid hitting it...I thought it was a tree limb until it moved.

[@johnconger6841]

Were is congers lake located

[@rebeccablanton7682]

Black snakes are harmless.

[@joecat916]

I had a far 7 foot long black snake that lived here for years. I called him king and talked to it it wasn't aggressive or excitable. I liked the damn thing. But it moved on or died. Btw I live on a small farmstead.

[@TroardLavant]

Leave it alone please let it be

[@Cbotham]

That goes to show how many rats are around that area. If only that thing ate two legged rats.

[@floridagunrat1625]

Gee, a 5-foot rat snake made the TV news!?!?!?! We wouldn't even give it a second look. Heck, a 5-ft diamondback rattlesnake is no big deal. You got to have something like a 15-foot python before the news would even bother to talk about it down here!

[@dealwolfstriked272]

LOL the 5ft snake recently discovered is the most famous...or infamous We immediately sent the police out to confront the perp!

[@dirtguy6537]

What was the police gonna do arrest the snake he was in his house.

[@eddievanlingen1935]

So we immediately sent the police out, word has it the snake is a convicted felon!

[@MikeDowling-wn8ln]

I saw one that was as big around as you thigh. It was wrapped up in a tree by the creek. It was right in town also.

[@CarlaRFowler]

They sent the police😅

[@AM-jw1lo]

People of wildlife when walking outdoors. Please, if you are so afraid, only walk on well paved urban parks, stay away from the wildlife, they are the ones that need protection.

[@jball86]

That's what we do in texas when we see a rat snake. We call the police, lmao!

[@sulesomow6461]

5 feet snake lives matter! We are indomitable!

[@redbarchetta8782]

Oh people, come on... They are beneficial.

[@sibonokuhlekonyashe2297]

What the hell does a town supervisor do? 🙆🏿‍♂️

[@ashleyeight8139]

Only in NY would a fat rat snake be newsworthy. 5ft is not that big, but he is a thick noodle.

[@Subie-Driver]

It’s a snake..just leave it alone…it’s not going to hurt anyone.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@impactfully5714]

I hope people leave the snake alone.

[@rh-sd7tf]

That is the normal length of a full-grown rat snake, which is indigenous to this area. People oughta learn what their local wildlife is before freaking out about it.

[@TheGothicdolphin]

Jaysus, you'd think you were about to see real footage of Titanoboa!!

[@katelynsillysquirrel3223]

They immediately sent the police out! 🤣🤣

[@katieking8830]

A rat snake is also called a King snake and is a pretty friendly snake ! A Black snake will bite you and can draw blood but is non poisonous; they are more aggressive than a King snake. King snakes are not poisonous and you can pick them up and they won’t hurt you.

[@tooge47]

police ? POLICE ? That is EXACTLY what is wrong with people today, NO ONE knows HOW to handle matters themselves

[@marktwaine9344]

hive mind, like the Borg...

[@darickgolden5228]

It's the snake's home people are scared of it you're in their territory

[@barkeyes8592]

What are the cops supposed to do?😅

[@austinmoss4308]

That’s average size for a small snake.

[@ChrisRJ]

I would be embarrassed to admit this kind of reaction over a rat snake.

[@t.l.robinson2162]

All it takes is a little hydrated lime.

[@scottc543]

A five foot long rat snake?????? Oh, the humanity!

[@misslee3315]

How does it survive winters

[@90loneeagle]

Wooo dat a thickboi, the snake I mean,

[@mr.k3676]

5ft? OMG So basically you guys are afraid of a little person swimming in a lake 😂

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Meh. I've measured one at 88" in Ohio, and that's a full foot short of the record. I used to remove them from sheds; four or five footers are nothing but average.

[@babycakessr.8704]

Well of course the Black Trouser snake is huge 😂

[@CS-bu9kd]

Then don't come to Florida. We have gators big as dinosaurs ..😮

[@CbrF4i600cc]

They really made a 5ft rat snake news worthy...

[@codjh9]

It's not poisonous; it won't attack people. Sigh. I saw a similar snake in CT a number of years ago by a pond and thought 'cool', rather than 'concern' or panic.

[@mikehano]

The snake shown at :54 in this video is a large northern watersnake, not a rat snake, and they do not get to be 5 feet long.

[@tonyadunn9748]

I'd rather not see either😮 Now that's good news 😊

[@willpatton6806]

Eats Rats ! That snake is a TRUE New Yorker😂

[@jimharden4823]

5 foot is not a big snake

[@will7its]

She would rather see a rat???

[@lindadaws3117]

I would rather see a rat. I live in NYC.

[@will7its]

@@lindadaws3117 Well your wish will surely be fulfilled.....

[@lindadaws3117]

@@will7its I don't wish, I would rather. How about that sour 🍏 ?