Matora, or "bull eater
Colonel Rene van Lierde, above, was piloting his helicopter over the Katanga province of the Belgian Congo. Suddenly a gigantic snake reared up as if to attack his helicopter. He lifted up and took several photos of the snake and continued his journey.
His estimate of the size of the snake was about 40-50 feet, and that is the same estimation made by zoologists who later examined the photo.
Even still, the largest scientifically measured snake was a 32 foot long reticulated python killed in Indonesia as the world's longest snake. Until one of these magnificent creatures is brought in, dead or alive, the Sucuriju will always be known as a cryptid.
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