The Giant Snake of Mt. Midori is a cryptid of a snake reported from Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture.
Sightings and Reports[]
On July 12, 1972, around 2:00 p.m., five men were working on the bank of the Kamo River at a place called Mt. Midori, removing sediment from a water intake that had been buried in the soil by heavy rains.
During the work, one of them spotted a black snake, 10 cm in diameter and 4 m long, swimming downstream with its head lifted, and notified his colleagues. The snake could not cross to the other side of the river because the current was too swift, so it gave up and disappeared into the bushes.
This story appeared in the newspaper on August 20, 1972, along with the Hibagon story.
Explanations[]
The 1970s was a time when the distribution of reptiles and other exotic creatures for captive breeding in Japan was flourishing, and legal restrictions were still more lax than they are today. Large snakes such as anacondas and pythons kept in private homes may have escaped due to sloppy management conditions, or they may have been intentionally released by keepers who could no longer control them.
Source[]
- newspaper: Asahi shinbun August 20, 1972