Ok. The bank is in New York?
You are in the Philipines?
Are you thinking to send a dangerous tree stabbing hoop snake in the post?
If you really think you have a rare and dangerous animal, please try not to catch it. Go to a vet, or a zoo, or try a university. Try to find an expert, and get expert advice on what you are doing.
As for the money - forget about that till you get an expert who agrees that you have what you think you have. Start with that. Tell your friend to get an accurate visual description - a photo would be good. Take it to an expert.
A photo. A description. Don’t try to actually catch it.
well thanks for your reply…that’s my point. Do you know anyone (an expert) who can help me with this? I don’t know any person as such, and I think it would be more troublesome to look for an expert. I tell you hoop snakes are common sight in that area and my friend was surprised someone had really placed a reward for that creature. Don’t worry, I’m not the one who will catch it, because my friend already contacted several people who will do it. In fact, they are just waiting for our confirmation. I have never seen a hoop snake even once. And also, I believe that capturing a live one is much, much better than a thousand pictures or video. So don’t worry about it. _
And, because there’s nothing on TV, I’ve been reading up on Raymond Ditmars. This site has a bit about him - Greenhalls Trust. You may contact them too, if you want.
No matter how hard you look for nonexistent things, you will fail. There is no one on this earth that can tell you how to find a hoop snake. There are no secrets to finding a hoop snake.
The book isn’t available online, but if there was ever a reward for $10,000 (I doubt it, though there is a documented $50 reward from 1912) it’s unlikely whether the benefactor would have established a trust or charitable foundation for it managed by an unnamed New York bank. C’mon.
Hoop snakes are a variety of fearsome critter. The entry at Wikipedia IDd the naturalist who allegedly offered a $10,000 reward. Raymond Lee Ditmars died in 1942. I suspect the reward, if it indeed existed, was distributed as part of his estate.
Are you serious? I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you are.
I live in the Philippines and people here believe a lot of stuff that’s probably not as true as they believe it is. A mixture of folklore, mistaken identity and outright fraud (i.e. stapling a rooster head to a snake body) contribute to all of this. So your friend may truly believe this, but he’s likely to be mistaken.
You can either leave it or try and get to the truth, although finding no evidence of hoop snakes is unlikely to shake the faith of the true believer. It’s probably not just hoop snake season.
As others have said, first start off trying to get a clear video of any of these ‘legendary’ snakes and go from there. There is probably no real reward but if you get a video (and only make part of it available for free) then you’ll maybe be able to sell the rights to the rest if the story takes off.
Alternatively see if the Discovery Channel wants to fund a new series ‘Finding Hoop Snakes’. (Or is it NatGeo that’s showing that one?).
whatever you think about me or whether you want to believe me or not doesn’t really matter…I wouldn’t waste my time posting here if what I’m talking about is nonsense…either way if you can help me, I’m still going to appreciate it…_
haha…yeah no need to worry alright…i’m not the one who’s gonna hunt that creature…i’m just looking for a contact…it’s even more hard to find than the creature itself…
No I won’t. Sorry to tell you that. And there are hoop snakes here…only that people have no interest in them because what the hell are they gonna do once they catch it.
It reminds me of what I used to say to my daughter when she was very young and asked if there was a Santa Claus, my answer was “If you believe in him, he is real”…
oh hey…from what province are you in the Phils? believe me, at first I never really believe hoop snakes exist here but when I told this to my friend he was surprised that anyone could have posted the reward for such a creature. The way he speaks is as if it is as common as a jungle pig. And my friend also would not waste his time coming back over and over to our house asking me if I already found a contact or on how to claim that reward. You know some people here will do anything for money.
Well getting a video would be nice, but that’s troublesome. Anybody, I think would prefer a live one.
I also tried Discovery channel but i don’t know how to contact them.
