08 August 2009

Serpents in the sky


A column at Fortean Times has a collection of narratives of flying snakes, from the well-documented glilding snakes of tropical forests to the folklore/mythology ones scattered through American history.
On the afternoon of 16 September 1904, in the countryside near Troutman, North Carolina, Mrs John B Lippard and her child­ren saw “30 or more large snakes sailing through the air” over their farm. Each was about 5ft (1.5m) long and 4–5in (10–13cm) wide. “They watched the snakes sail around and alight in a piece of thickety pine woods… Most assuredly these people saw something.” (Statesville Landmark, 20 Sept)
Via Uncertain Times.

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