Haven't seen one of these in decades. Black racer (we call them "black runners"). They usually hightail it when you come across one. This one was doing his best to ignore me. I had a machete and was trying to use it to shoo him away from camp, but he just kept going around me. I finally just let him go where he wanted.
They aren't supposed to get over 6 ft long but I could have sworn this guy was 7 ft. His body kept going and going and going. I didn't get all of it in the shot.
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6 foot something, just never 7 foot,
That one was probably 6' 11.9" lol