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NFC: Fwd: FW: Snake (OT)
This is OT, I know, but I had to share it! Hopefully the attached pics will
show up in the list.
>From: "Olson, Scott" <srolson at bechtel_com>
>To: "'olson7 at hotmail_com'" <olson7 at hotmail_com>
>Subject: FW: Snake
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:02:33 -0700
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johnson, Joe (Brazil)
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:37 AM
> > To: Gusse, Mark; Gardner, Douglas; Mcspadden, Jeffrey; Magezi, Aaron R
> > Cc: Gill, Buford; Karges, Doug W; Post, Gregory; Roche, Mauricio
> > Subject: FW: Snake
> >
> > FYI, here is a (true and honest) picture taken at the Itiquera Hydro
> > project last month. Needless to say, it caused a little commotion and
> > excitement. There was a dog inside.
> >
> >
> > <<DSC03660.JPG>>
> > Now, Here are true and honest story and pictures about a dentist who
>went
> > fishing near the area we went several weeks back. Needless to say, this
> > fisherman did not make it home on time. (the last picture is a little
> > graphic).
> >
> > Hunters and fishermen are known for lying and exaggerating their
> > adventures. Here, however, is a true story of a snake that swallowed a
> > fisherman, identified as Dentist Jose Ronaldo. The happened in Mato
> > Grosso, on the banks of the river Araguaia. A group of four fishermen
> > from São Paulo, one of whom was the dentist Jose Ronald, went on an
> > adventure as they routinely did this time of year. As they had done many
> > times before, they were to fish the waters of the famous river for the
> > great painted, pirarucus, pirararas, tucunarés and piraíbas. But in
>fact,
> > this time they found a sucuri (type of Snake - Anaconda?) that would put
> > an end to the fishing.
> >
> > Upon arriving on the banks of the river, they choose a bare spot to
>set-up
> > camp. Later, they decided to try to try and discover better fish spots
>or
> > something to use as boats. The four separated. By dusk, only three
> > returned to camp. Worried the three went in search, calling out the
> > dentists name. They received no reply, The dense brush and lack of
>light
> > forced them to return to the camp for the night and wait until dawn.
>None
> > of the three slept that night. They believed that Jose Ronald had been
> > attacked by one wild animal or another.
> >
> > At first light, they continued the search. They had trekked several
> > kilometers, and by late afternoon they discovered the first signs of the
> > dentist. They found pieces of clothing on the bank of the river. They
> > showed signs of a fight. Two of the fishermen thought that maybe there
> > was an assault or kidnapping, giving them hope that he might still be
> > alive. The third more experienced fisherman, saw the weeds kneaded down
> > and noted tracks of a snake, probably a sucuri of ten meters more
>than..
> >
> > With the approach of the night, the three returned to the camp. The
> > following morning the returned to follow the trail. By the afternoon of
> > the third day they had sighted a great snake (sucuri) sleeping to the
>side
> > of the river. She was enormous, with an obvious full stomach. They
> > quickly suspected that that the bulge in the snake was the body of the
> > dentist They killed the snake by hitting it over the head with pieces
>of
> > wood. After that, they managed to get it down to the camp where they
> > loaded it into the bed of the truck and took it to a local bar/store.
>The
> > snake was opened and the body of the dentist removed. History did not
> > have that to be exaggerated for this fishing trip, On the other hand, it
> > did not have happy ending.
> >
> > * Sucurí is a snake that does not possess poison, it if it rolls in
> > victim, suffocated it, breaking all to it the bones and it swallows it
> > dislocating its jaws.
> >
> > Atenção amigos pescadores!
> > Assunto: Sucuri
> >
> > LEIA E VEJA AS FOTOS
> >
> > Os caçadores e os pescadores são tidos como mentirosos pelo fato de eles
> > aumentarem em muito suas aventuras. Aqui, no entanto, uma estória
> > verídica, sobre uma cobra que engoliu um dentista pescador identificado
> > como sendo José Ronaldo. O fato verídico aconteceu em Mato Grosso, mais
> > precisamente às margens do rio Araguaia . Um grupo de quatro pescadores
>do
> > interior paulista dentre eles o dentista José Ronaldo, se aventurou como
> > faziam já há tempos, nesta época do ano , numa pescaria nas águas do
> > famoso rio, em busca de grandes pintados, pirarucus, pirararas,
>tucunarés
> > e piraíbas. Mas na verdade acabaram encontrando uma sucuri de 12 metros
>e
> > meio que pôs fim a sua pescaria. Tão logo chegaram as margens do rio,
> > escolheram uma clareira para montar acampamento e ao entardecer,
> > resolveram tentar descobrir pesqueiros. Os quatro se separaram ao
> > anoitecer , apenas três retornaram, ao acampamento. Preocupados os três
> > começaram a gritar mato afora, o nome do dentista. Nenhuma resposta e a
> > mata fechada , aliada á falta de luz fez com que voltassem ao
>acampamento,
> > e esperaram pelo amanhecer. Os três passaram a noite acordados.
> > Acreditavam que José Ronaldo tinha sido atacado por uma onça ou qualquer
> > outro animal, com os primeiros raios de sol deram continuidade as
>buscas.
> > Bateram vários quilômetros e somente no final da tarde encontraram a
> > primeira pista para localizar o dentista. Eram pedaços de suas roupas
>que
> > estavam a margem do rio. Havia sinais de luta. Logo dois pescadores
> > pensaram que se tratava de um assalto, ou seqüestro e ressurgiram as
> > esperanças de que José Ronaldo ainda estivesse vivo. O terceiro pescador
> > mais experiente viu o mato amassado e afirmou que aquele rastro era de
>uma
> > cobra provavelmente uma sucuri e ela deveria de ter mais de dez metros.
> > Com a aproximação da noite os três voltaram ao acampamento, e somente no
> > dia seguinte seguiram o rastro encontrado . Na tarde do terceiro dia
>eles
> > avistaram uma grande cobra sucuri deitada dormindo ao lado do rio.
> > Era enorme tinha parte do corpo deformado. Logo eles suspeitaram ser o
> > corpo do dentista. Usando um revolver e pedaços de paus eles atingiram a
> > cabeça da cobra, matando-a. Em seguida, a carregaram até o acampamento,
> > onde a colocaram na carroceira de um caminhão e foram para Barra do
>Garça.
> > A cobra foi aberta e o corpo do dentista retirado. A história não teve
>que
> > ser aumentada e, ao contrário de outras contadas
> > por pescadores, não teve um final feliz. *A sucurí é uma cobra que não
> > possui veneno, ela se enrola na vitíma, sufocado-a, quebrando-lhe todos
>os
> > ossos e a engole deslocando suas mandíbulas.
> >
> >
> > <<Sucuri-01.jpg>> <<Sucuri-02.jpg>> <<Sucuri-03.jpg>>
> >
> >
>
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