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

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15 күн бұрын

Officials say a 5-foot rat snake has taken up residence in Congers Lake in Clarkstown. CBS New York's Nick Caloway reports.

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@GLITTERandSKULLZ 13 күн бұрын

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

@jelanitarik7423 12 күн бұрын

💯💯💯🤣🤣

@xx_Joker_xx 11 күн бұрын

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 11 күн бұрын

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

@xx_Joker_xx 11 күн бұрын

@@GLITTERandSKULLZ that's insane!

@jacquejac1840 8 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

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 13 күн бұрын

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

@chiquita683 13 күн бұрын

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

@wrzl1675 13 күн бұрын

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

@jeanneminton5226 13 күн бұрын

That mayor looks extremely well fed.😮

@midway27272727 9 күн бұрын

That is why the snake is hiding !

@jackwilson4722 9 күн бұрын

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

@kasflouz 8 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@chrisc2683 8 күн бұрын

Probably ate the snake

@UnknownPerson-ub8ox 7 күн бұрын

Lmao

@andyroubik5760 13 күн бұрын

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

@PongoZydeco 10 күн бұрын

Snake lives matter!

@karterguy1 3 күн бұрын

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

@greensprite4979 Күн бұрын

Girls don't love snakes below 6ft sorry

@PongoZydeco 12 күн бұрын

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

@yakzivz1104 2 күн бұрын

that's new yorkers for you

@michaelmclaughlin6542 13 күн бұрын

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

@dealwolfstriked272 12 күн бұрын

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

@xx_Joker_xx 11 күн бұрын

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

@thebedeaufamily 6 күн бұрын

@@dealwolfstriked272😂😂😂😂

@thebedeaufamily 6 күн бұрын

Umm not here in Washington state lol

@gladysandoval9795 5 күн бұрын

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

@fallonfish190 13 күн бұрын

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

@vxy357 7 күн бұрын

My sentiments exactly!!!

@oldschool8432 3 күн бұрын

The snake or the mayor? They are the same species

@AP-wt9yh 6 күн бұрын

When Karens realize snakes live in the wild

@elijahblack1464 13 күн бұрын

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

@will7its 13 күн бұрын

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

@wrzl1675 13 күн бұрын

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

@mencken8 13 күн бұрын

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 12 күн бұрын

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

@geemcgraff8281 10 күн бұрын

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

@katieking8830 9 күн бұрын

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

@fpgaruda9966 4 күн бұрын

@@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?

@lesliemoore1656 2 күн бұрын

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

@gregwood1491 13 күн бұрын

Leave the Snake alone

@jessperson9750 13 күн бұрын

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

@jharchery4117 13 күн бұрын

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

@writerconsidered 13 күн бұрын

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 12 күн бұрын

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 7 күн бұрын

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

@fpgaruda9966 13 күн бұрын

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.

@MrWillicat1 12 күн бұрын

People in Australia be like Hold My Beer!

@brianbullivant1009 8 күн бұрын

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

@SHEMAVXN 13 күн бұрын

He said lend it to Mayor Adams 😂😂😂

@Jamminmotorking 12 күн бұрын

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

@user-dg8kk7dz2c 13 күн бұрын

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

@swayback7375 12 күн бұрын

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.

@user-dg8kk7dz2c 12 күн бұрын

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.

@user-dg8kk7dz2c 12 күн бұрын

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 10 күн бұрын

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.

@mikelliteras397 13 күн бұрын

That’s not big, come on.

@maxdaly8185 13 күн бұрын

They called the police out there😆😆😆

@dragulia_venaro 11 күн бұрын

Is it illegal if a snake is well fed? 🙄

@tylorsmith6678 13 күн бұрын

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

@justbecause9645 13 күн бұрын

suffering?????

@optimusgaming8629 4 күн бұрын

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

@JimsEquipmentShed 12 күн бұрын

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’.

@johnskibajr5691 13 күн бұрын

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

@brianhaflin9799 13 күн бұрын

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

@RaccCity55 13 күн бұрын

@@brianhaflin9799 Now that makes sense but it's New York.......no sense found.

@crankyyankee7290 9 күн бұрын

Did they demand ID ?

@kenjr 8 күн бұрын

It’s harmless . Leave it alone!

@doubledforge 12 күн бұрын

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

@tammiea8552 5 күн бұрын

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.

@robertlandry5676 13 күн бұрын

5 feet is not LARGE 🙀

@robertlee3 13 күн бұрын

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 8 күн бұрын

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

@martykroenecke4273 2 күн бұрын

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

@floridagunrat1625 2 күн бұрын

@@martykroenecke4273 yup! I was just being polite.

@tomdemoss388 18 сағат бұрын

@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.

@weAreNotAloneHere 13 күн бұрын

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

@nathanblaine2611 10 күн бұрын

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

@user-tw3kr9if1f 13 күн бұрын

Someone's Discarded Pet Most Likely !

@jamesguteta512 6 күн бұрын

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

@intheshell35ify 13 күн бұрын

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.

@scottrevia1611 3 күн бұрын

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

@johnconger6841 Күн бұрын

Were is congers lake located

@martykroenecke4273 2 күн бұрын

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.

@Hardworkandrealestateprofits 4 күн бұрын

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

@tenorhowlermonkey3454 12 күн бұрын

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.

@maranathamark 2 күн бұрын

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.

@HikeColorado 13 күн бұрын

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

@ghostwalk2446 12 күн бұрын

He really called police!? Why?

@misslee3315 4 күн бұрын

How does it survive winters

@Strange_Shadow214 3 күн бұрын

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

@jimharden4823 13 күн бұрын

5 foot is not a big snake

@rainesonne1320 11 күн бұрын

Wow! Thats a got to be an old rat snake!

@josephhelyenek9203 8 күн бұрын

They are all over in western Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania.

@shaneoneil894 6 күн бұрын

A rat snake?? Why all the fuss?

@sanalkumars Күн бұрын

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.

@rh-sd7tf 6 күн бұрын

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.

@dirtguy6537 5 күн бұрын

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

@kellisailors2716 4 күн бұрын

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.

@TheGothicdolphin 17 сағат бұрын

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

@sibonokuhlekonyashe2297 3 күн бұрын

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

@davewilson3569 Күн бұрын

You called the police on a rat snake. This is the stupidest news report I've ever heard.

@WoodlandT 3 күн бұрын

They sent the police for a completely harmless, non-venomous, 5ft rat snake that was just minding its business doing snake things?! 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

@ashleyeight8139 2 күн бұрын

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

@babycakessr.8704 13 күн бұрын

Well of course the Black Trouser snake is huge 😂

@UncleKennysPlace 13 күн бұрын

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.

@zyg9 11 күн бұрын

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

@floridagunrat1625 8 күн бұрын

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!

@austinmoss4308 12 күн бұрын

That’s average size for a small snake.

@therasprince 2 күн бұрын

The supervisor himself looks well fed

@katieking8830 9 күн бұрын

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.

@MikeDowling-wn8ln Күн бұрын

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.

@therollingwheelz 2 күн бұрын

that considered as big??

@marionthompson7482 16 сағат бұрын

I can't believe this was on the news . You people have never seen a rat snake before. What a joke this is.😂

@tooge47 13 күн бұрын

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

@marktwaine9344 12 күн бұрын

hive mind, like the Borg...

@sulesomow6461 11 күн бұрын

5 feet snake lives matter! We are indomitable!

@joecat916 10 күн бұрын

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.

@codjh9 9 күн бұрын

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.

@timbo8870 5 күн бұрын

They called the police on a snake?!? We have Rattlers all around us. No one calls the cops about them. Lol maybe I'll call the national guard since they are venomous 😆

@Subie-Driver 12 күн бұрын

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

@scottc543 2 күн бұрын

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

@AM-jw1lo 12 күн бұрын

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.

@tshay27 13 күн бұрын

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

@hood_TheJoker 5 күн бұрын

please leave the rat snake alone... being from the south its good to have a few snakes in the yard..

@Cbotham 13 күн бұрын

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

@jball86 5 күн бұрын

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

@jkk4579 14 сағат бұрын

It's built to devour anything in its path, not just rats

@t.l.robinson2162 6 күн бұрын

All it takes is a little hydrated lime.

@rayleighg9235 2 күн бұрын

I can't believe they're having this news report. Seriously? 5 ft rat snake?

@josephgiri2398 Күн бұрын

So sad that people are so conditioned to fear snakes, but they've never known anyone their whole life that's been bitten by a a poisonous snake.. It's the two legged upright snakes you need to worry about.

@katelynsillysquirrel3223 7 күн бұрын

They immediately sent the police out! 🤣🤣

@darickgolden5228 11 күн бұрын

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

@jagdishprajapati5357 Күн бұрын

Imagine if snake crosses into Westchester County by swimming across Hudson River.

@danielsanders7913 5 күн бұрын

That this made the news says so much about the lunacy of the media.

@jamiami3804 8 күн бұрын

I wonder if snakes walk around saying to each other we saw a large human in the city.

@barkeyes8592 12 күн бұрын

What are the cops supposed to do?😅

@dealwolfstriked272 12 күн бұрын

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

@chrisrobbins5231 11 күн бұрын

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?