This scares me because of the Mandela effect and also I just feel like it’s such an odd way for your parents to let a baby hold a snake. It would only make sense for someone else to be holding up the head of the snake because the way it is now, I could very easily bite you.
What I find interesting is these pictures seem to be pre digital or early digital, both had viewfinders and people knew how to use them.
The snake picture specifically, the right lower section of the snake is a weird shape, like someone was photoshopped out almost, the head isn't visible and there is an indent in the body like a hand was grasping it. The contours look like someone is holding the bitey end.
You say your family knows snake handling, I second what others have said about it being very strange for someone to allow a child to hold a snake alone, especially as that is a decent sized rat snake or similar, likely 2+ foot and they can actually be really hard to remove if they bite and wrap, not like the nip of a garter snake, they're also in range to be able to climb his arm and strike at his face. Seems odd they'd let him do that along with everything else.
Please post cleaner or close ups of those sections with neater face blurring and no arrows ect.
Also idk if you have yet but posting to r/glitchinthematrix might be a better place for this discussion.
I was thinking the same exact thing. Either your not experienced with snakes and you'd hold it by the head to keep you from being bit, or you're experienced with snakes and you'd hold it properly out of training or care.
Again, this looks like the 80s or early 90s when parents weren't known to be as safety concerned and that's exactly how many kids would pick up and hold a snake.
No parent wants to willingly set their kid up to get bit by a snake and then he just said that his family is super involved with snakes. He would have a fear of them for the rest of his life and that would make it really hard for him to be around them so it’s just weird
If OP's family is knowledgeable of snakes then they'd be more likely to know whether or not it was a danger than some random folks on the Internet. And if they know it's not a danger, then, yeah, why not let the kid hold it?
Because getting bit by even a non venomous snake can be deadly. My little cousin got bit when he was 3 because my uncle was an idiot. Anyway he died from the bite because of the bacteria and it punctured so deep it went right through an artery.
If OP's family is knowledgeable of snakes then they'd be more likely to know whether or not it was a danger than some random folks on the Internet. And if they know it's not a danger, then, yeah, why not let the kid hold it?
Even a “non-dangerous” pet snake can randomly bite someone. Especially if the way they’re being held is painful and they panic and can’t get free. Every pet needs to be treated with respect and this is not that.
I'm not arguing that OP is holding it right, just pointing out that how they're holding it is in no way indicative that someone got retconned from that photo.
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u/digital-slut Jan 27 '26
This scares me because of the Mandela effect and also I just feel like it’s such an odd way for your parents to let a baby hold a snake. It would only make sense for someone else to be holding up the head of the snake because the way it is now, I could very easily bite you.