OK try this one on for size. I've posted this before and EVERYONE has a " Big snake" story...but I have pictures...how about an Eastern Diamondback that went 7'3" and had a 19" girth? My best pard and I got it right after high school, a loooong time ago in a galaxy far far away ...
For point of reference my pard was 6 feet tall and weighed in just under #200
I've killed true 6ft diamondbacks but that one is the king of rattlers.
I hunted rattlers for their skins way back, killed hundreds, won't kill one now unless it's a direct threat.
Found a little one on the job site a couple months ago, put it in a bucket and relocated it in the desert.