Look at it go! You know, what I like most about this video isn’t the alleged sky snake, that mischievous dark cylinder in the air that I swear I’ve cataloged in No Man’s Sky once or twice. No, what I like most about this video is that haunting tune.
But oh, right. Let’s talk about sky snakes.
People have reportedly witnessed these bizarre, snake-like UFOs throughout the entire world. Not to be confused with typical flying snakes, which are very real and actually form “UFO-like” shapes to glide through the air, sky snakes have allegedly been seen hovering thousands of feet in the sky, as shown in our mysterious though musically catchy video here. Some claim they’re extraterrestrial in origin. I don’t know anything about that.
Last year, UFO enthusiasts pointed out something resembling a sky snake in an image taken during space shuttle Discovery’s STS105 mission:
What’s that? You’d prefer a dramatic video containing slow zooms and image filters? Ask and you shall receive, dear reader:
Encounters With Sky Snakes
In 2009, Jerome Clark over at Fortean Times shared a number of stories involving these “Sky Serpents” and other unexplainable flying creatures. There are far too many to recount here, so check out that article if you get the chance. Urban legends, maybe?
One in particular told of an event in June 1873 in which a farmer witnessed “an enormous serpent…as large and long as telegraph pole…of a yellow striped color.” The serpent appeared to be riding through a cloud, moving just like a snake, heading east.
Real Flying Snakes
I mentioned actual flying snakes earlier, and how they use a UFO-like formation to fly through the air. This is true, and completely unrelated to those bizarre stories of sky snakes. I hope.
Research published in January describes how flying snakes (specifically Southeast Asian snakes) flatten their bodies while in the air to make themselves more aerodynamic. In doing so, they take on a curved triangular shape, like the cross-section of a “flying saucer.”
But they’re not actually flying; they launch from trees and glide (like flying squirrels). It’s, as any cowboy would say, falling with style. When they do, it appears almost like the snakes are “swimming in the air.” So keep your eyes on the sky. Maybe you’ll see a flying snake. Or maybe, just maybe, you’ll encounter a mysterious interdimensional sky serpent!
