Petrobras Excavator Operator Eaten to Death by Piranhas (pics)
Piranhas have the reputation for being ferocious little fish who feed on flesh like there’s no tomorrow. While most scientific research supports the notion that piranhas don’t attack humans to kill for food, there have been a handful of cases where it may have been so. In this case, Petrobras excavator operator was working on a gasoline that passes through the Amazon river when whole excavator crashed into the stream. Trapped inside heavy machinery, the operator broke the glass so as to free himself and swim to the surface. As he was forcing his way through, he cut himself on the broken glass and started bleeding. Blood has attracted the school of piranhas who ate the man’s flesh down to the bone.
Someone suggested that this whole story of Petrobras excavator operator getting eaten to death by piranhas is a hoax, based on photos. Especially the eye sockets which allegedly should look different without the eye balls. I don’t know whether it’s a hoax or not – snopes has nothing on this and I have no other means to verify. However, compared to other skull pictures widely available on line, I don’t think these eye sockets look much different. What do you think? Real or fake? Could piranhas eat a man down to the bone like this? From one picture it would even seem that there were piranhas inside the man when he was “fished out” of the Amazon river, suggesting that he may have been eaten from within.
Gallery of pics depicting the Petrobras excavator operator allegedly eaten by piranhas in Brazil is below:
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- Did The Really Found Fishes inside of Him After He Was Pulled Out of Amazon?
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- Piranhas Are Avid Flesh Eaters
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- Piranhas Overpowered Petrobras Excavator Operator and Ate Him Alive
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- Do Not Feed the Fish!
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- Petrobras Excavator Operator was Eaten by Piranhas from Within
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- Piranhas Ate This Man’s Face Off Down to Skull
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- Hand Entirely Eaten Off by Piranhas
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- Autopsy Photo – Petrobras Excavator Operator
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- Petrobras Excavation Works on Amazon River in Brazil
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Wow. They picked his head and hand clean. I never knew what damage piranhas could cause.
that must have been a brutal pain. awesome post
I’m skeptical…but I can’t tell you why. Saying it was piranhas that did this just seems a little too fantastic. I might be wrong. Whatever did it, I believe the pic itself, is real…and fascinating. I love how you can see the spine and rib cage inside of a rather intact body.
its not real there is no holes in the sockets google human skull
Justslayer is right, I don’t see any holes for the eyes nerves to connect to the brain
It is possible that the piranhas did not eat the optic nerve as a result it could look like there is no sign of a blind spot at the back of the eye.
negative
this is a nice pic gud work
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When proactive takes things a LITTLE too far to cure acne.
take a good look at his shoulders and arms in the first picture, then the picture of his hand, I dunno, it looks 3-D to me.
Now this is the kind of stuff I like to see.
looks like a fallible cgi to me
old pictures are old
looks like just his head fell in the pirannah water, kinda reminds me of that part of austin powers where he squirts him with toothpaste and he gets his face eaten by the laser beam fish
i didnt know that Piranhas only like to eat heads and hands…
Just some observations, maybe someone can explain
1: The fish just lying on the instruments, not in a specimen container
2: A stone table
3: They covered his genitals during an autopsy
4: A window in the morgue
5: Surgical gloves in the waist basket, not a bio-hazard container
1: they couldve JUST pulled the fish out of his body
2: it is possible this isnt a morgue
3: coverd for photos?
4: again its possible this isnt a morgue
5: They arent very sanitary.
who knows.
either way these pics are metal as fuck.
I saw this video of these fish on discovery channel and the host said they live in the amazon and apparently they go into the body and they like eating EVERYTHING in there usually when people get the body there are alot of those fish still in the body but i guess they ate everything and go t out really sat as for the head i dont know it might have been piranha maybe.
Steve this isnt America or wherever the hell you may live this is the amazons bro.
Yea, it doesn’t look quite right to me. But I’ve never seen a man eaten by piranha (piranhas?).
Looks totally FAKE to me
what can I say other than that is pretty damn cool. Tragedy: Yes. But still pretty damn hard to beat that kind of tortuous brutality as a way to die.
Keep smiling!
Wow this is way better then Ghost Rider,plus no bad acting or effects.
Maybe they should have put Nick Cage in the fishtank too.
Woo…this man had it COMING!
This guy looks really chuffed about the whole thing, judging by the smile on his dial. I’d say he died laughing. Perhaps they tickled him.
Do you think he was wearing a button up shirt and that’s why his chest looks like that? Maybe that’s why his hand was eaten and not his arm. Long-sleeves.
ghost rider without the bike and chains and flames