Phaya Nak photo with the US soldiers — I believed it for YEARS, feel stupid now

Growing up in Nong Khai my uncle had this photo pinned in his shop. Long grey serpent thing, like 7-8 metres, a whole row of guys in uniform holding it up. Story everyone told: 1973, American soldiers caught the Phaya Naga in the Mekong / in Laos during the war, proof the naga is real. I genuinely t……