Have you ever seen a hoop snake? If you're not sure, let me tell you about them: Like most legends, though, the tale of the hoop snake refuses to die. From an early mention of a hoop snake in the 1784 ...

One of the customers, Joyce Denham, has sent me a hoop-snake-sighting report, the first I've received in almost two years. She was at Langtry, which is upstream from Del Rio on the Rio Grande, and she ...

A legendary hoop snake capable of gripping its own tail and rolling like a wheel has never proven more than a myth, but a new robot could mimic the supposed creature's ability to both crawl and roll ...

Just as she has done five days a week for years, Tina Kirk arrived at work and stepped out of her car. This time she almost jumped out of her skin. Kirk nearly stepped on a copperhead lying right in ...

You wouldn’t want to come face to face with a hoop snake. A staple in North American and Australian folklore since colonial times, these creatures were said to hold their tails in their mouths and ...

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