Boa Constrictors don’t get to be 20 feet long. Whatever the snake is, it has been misidentified.
Probably a specie of python.
In any case, it will be dead before Winter as the temperature drops.
Probably true
Went diving under the ice with my dive club one year......
I have heard that these giant snakes are making their way along the Gulf Coast from Florida. We have ranch land south of Houston about 20 miles from the coast. I hope these things don’t make it this far, I will be seriously creeped out and I will refuse to get out of the truck!
But, but, but,... it has EPA protection.
Could be a green anaconda, in which case waterfront property values may drop as the “Invasive Species” feeding behaviors become widely known.
Perhaps it is not a snake - could it be a relative of ‘Nessy’?
;-)
Not necessarily as its didn’t get to its current size in one season
Plenty of other cold blooded snakes and animals survive the Winter in Northern states. Also, if you believe that this particular snake could not do so, then we would have to assume that someone dropped a 20 foot snake into the lake just this Spring. As unlikely as this whole story seems, that seems even more improbable.