Ular Besar!

This is a cutting from a local newspaper reporting a photo of a snake taken at Baleh River. That time is rainy season and there are flood everywhere in Sarawak. A member of disaster relief took this photo with his camera phone from a helicopter during a survey at Baleh River. As you can see from the photo, the snake is ridiculously big.

In Sarawak, big snake like this is called Nabau as there is a legendary story about it. According to Iban legend, Nabau is a giant snake comparable to the size of a drum and is more than 100 feet in length. One day, the mythical serpent turned into a human being, trying to seduce a warrior’s wife. The warrior caught and sliced the serpent into seven pieces and threw them into the river. The flesh later settled to form seven rocks where the seven rapids are now situated, along the great Rejang River.

Despite being reported in the newspaper, peoples are disccussing it online and most of them believe the photo had been engineered by combining river and snake with Photoshop. Another point which they raise up is the colour of the water. Rejang river is had yellowish water but what we saw in the photo is clean and clear.

So, it is up to you to believe or not.

This is the Nabau taken from the helicopter.

This is another big snake taken few years back in Sarawak.

View of Sarawak River for you to think twice about the fact.