ONT RIX at IN CHUN TENNESSE EANS OFFER RE WARD FOR REPTILE AND LOUDON BRAVES ARM IS CARRYING OFF ANIMALS shot by farmer his p Is de dared to have torn up sapling in gett ng away from the scene knoxville tenn A giant snake saia said to measure at least 25 feet in length 8 inches in diameter and a n d 24 inches in circumference ls ib ter izing the people of loudon and that section and a reward of has been offered for its ts capture dead or alive several posses of young loudon braves have formed for the purpose of capturing the reptile but as yet with out result it has been seen off and on tor for the past 28 years but not until this year has it caused any serious alarm recently it left its track in the field of W T huff resembling in size that made by a log dragged by lumber wheels A woman saw the snake which actu actual all ran over a fence tearing it down being unable to get through the cracks she thought if it was the devil but for the fact that it ran from her instead of toward her A few days later a lamb belonging to eff huff was caught and killed by the reptile ed mcqueen a prominent farmer has stopped his children from going after the cows in the section where the snake is said to reside john me donnell a farmer Is the only man who has got a shot at the snake he saw it going toward the river and then drinking at the edge of the a ater and from his boat he fired a charge of small shot into the snake from his winchester the reptile in a frenzy from the pain tore up saplings in getting away 0 no o one will now make the trip in lou don over the road leading to pond creek sweetwater and kingston men from loudon on horseback and with their guns are doing picket duty 7 the snake measured 25 feet in length arthur rodgers and ned cassady are armed with guns which shoot steel bullets women nomen and children have barricaded themselves in their homes and the least noise causes them to fear and they cry the snake dick ferguson Is now organizing a posse to go after the monster which is believed to reside in a cave on the bluff overlooking the river on the mcqueen farm there la Is no known specie of snake anake growing to such size in this section