The first known photograph of Raystown Ray. Photographed by a local fisherman looking over the lake from the Huntingdon Co. Visitor’s Bureau Center, close to Seven Points Marina.
January 15, 2015
The first known photograph of Raystown Ray. Photographed by a local fisherman looking over the lake from the Huntingdon Co. Visitor’s Bureau Center, close to Seven Points Marina.
Cryptomundian Spookysr offered the following explanation…
In 1927 (87 years ago), a traveling circus was crossing an old rickety covered bridge across the Juniata River south into Hopewell PA (from Saxton PA). The circus manager ignored instructions to cross 1 wagon at a time. He decided to cross 3 at a time. Suffice it to say the bridge collapsed plummeting the big cat and the giant snake wagon 30 feet into the river below. All animals were recaptured EXCEPT the huge Anaconda. It has been missing ever since.
The locals in Broad Top City PA report seeing it as recently as 1975. The Juniata feeds the Raystown Lake. Anacondas like warm temperatures and the lake is too cold for them in the winter. The local coal mines like the Fulton and Rockhill mines near the river are warm all year round. It (or they) could be hiding in one of the mines. There are all sorts of rodents for it to feed on in the mines.
87 years is a long time for an Anaconda which normally only live 10-30 years. But guess what? A female does not need a male to procreate. They can use something called “facultative parthenogenesis ” to lay eggs and make more big snakes.
So all of these RAY sightings could be a family (or a single) big snake. Anacondas are good swimmers can eat fish as will as small mammals too. They can hold their heads up out of the water by 3-4 feet. They can display humps especially when sitting on a sandbar. Don’t be fooled they ARE very dangerous and should not be provoked or let small pets or children near the lake shoreline unprotected.
Try looking for RAY coiled up in a Rockhill Coal mine near the lake or the Juniata River.
See also:
Another Photo of Raystown Ray
Old Sea Serpent Sighting
Photos of Pennsylvania Lake Monster?
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