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AUBURN | There are only stories — whispers — at this point of a giant snapping turtle that lives in Hoopes Park pond.
Like a campfire tale, details are added, or perhaps exaggerated, with each retelling of the creature's existence.
It has the head the size of a volleyball. It has a shell that is 30 to 40 inches across. It has called the park home for a number of years.
Ducks beware. It eats baby ducks whole and cripples the adults with a single snap of its jaws. Leave it to the professionals to actively seek this creature of the deep.
Public works employee Jeff Brown has heard all of these things from a variety of sources, but said he has never seen the beast itself. He's certain, though, that it exists, likely lurking beneath the muck and algae of Hoopes Park pond.
Brown is a groundskeeper at Hoopes Park, working almost everyday to maintain the park and everything involved, including its wildlife.
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