“The revenue arising from his school was small, and would have been scarcely sufficient to furnish him with daily bread, for he was a huge feeder, and, though lank, had the dilating powers of an anaconda” HumourSketchbookAnacondaNewenglandSleepyhollow Book:The Legend of Sleep Hollow & Other Stories, Complete and Unabridged Source: The Legend of Sleep Hollow & Other Stories, Complete and Unabridged
“A man was asleep in his open hut, when a huge snake bit him and swallowed his foot. The idea of this happening is enough to drive chills up any person’s spine. The snake then proceeded to chomp its way up the man’s leg, until it couldn’t go any farther. The man’s yelling and screaming brought people running to the rescue. Men with machetes hacked away at the thrashing monster, until the snake finally released its hold. Local legend has it that the man survived but lost his mind in the ordeal and hasn’t been sane since. Trinidad does have huge snakes including Pythons and South American Anacondas. The island, known for its snakes, has the greatest diversity of these reptiles in the Caribbean.” SnakesPythonTrinidadSea StoryAnaconda Author:Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine"