Photograph showing a 55ft snake found in a forest in Malaysia.

The thread claimed the snake was one of two

enormous Boas found by workers clearing forest for a

new road. They apparently woke up the sleeping snakes

during attempts to bulldoze a huge mound of earth.

“On the third dig, the operator found there was blood

amongst the soil, and with a further dig, a dying snake

appeared,”

“By the time the workers came back, the wounded boa

had died, while the other snake had disappeared. The

bulldozer operator was so sick that he couldn’t even

stand up.”

The digger driver was so traumatized that he suffered a

heart attack on his way to hospital and later died.

The dead snake was 55ft (16.7m) long, weighed 300kg

and was estimated to be 140 years old.