Python devours 17-year-old Indian girl

[Lunar_Psycho]

Id agree that she could easily be subdued by a large python from the region, and depending on her structure, she could be swallowed too if she was reasonably thin and with small shoulders. Chances are the body is either yet to be discovered, was taken by another animal, or the whole thing is a 100% hoax!! The existing man eating snake photos (the ones where the person has apparently been fully consumed) look like fakes.

http://www.arachnophiliac.com/burrow...ing_snakes.htm

above link has the more commonly used pictures in the man-eating snake believe, but be advised there are GRAPHIC SCENES OF SNAKE DEATH.
The person doesn`t come close to equaling the bulge in the snake, if you look beneath the snake you can see what looks like organs which would imply the snake has already been cut open, and the last photo of the three is in a different colour which perhaps could be an attempt to conceal the lack of decomposition on the person`s skin.

One thing is unfortunately certain. Whether or not a snake did take attack and eat the girl, this will be just one more thing that will make the public think of snakes as evil creatures

[Fuscus]

kevyn has a point, dangerous animals are like power tools, they are at their most dangerous when you get careless.

And those photos on that link - the first photo I havn't seen before but look at the bulge in the snakes throat - that don't look right.

The others are "explained" here.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/animals/anaconda.htm
and here
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/snake.htm

ANd an incidential large snake site
http://home.att.net/~crinaustin/Snake1.htm

[kevyn]

I first saw the photos of the totally devoured boy on www.tongs.com . I was amazed that such a reputable company would have such an obvious fake on their website. The first photo a friend of mine told me about- that that doesn't even begin to look real. I seen better photos of big-foot, the Lach Ness monster,UFOs and a 80 year old Elvis' than that one. I've always been sceptical of snakes eating people, but I read a book by Mark O'Shes were he mentions that anacondas, African rock pythons, and reticulated pythons have been confirmed to have eaten people. It's an extremely rare occurence. The only reason I believe O'Shea is because I respect him a great deal. Not just because he's on t.v. but because he's a great scientist. It would take alot to convince me that a Burmese rock python or and Indian rock python ate a human. Killed a human I'd believe. Whats the climate like in Northern India? Burms tend to like more a more humid environment, and Indians like it a bit dryer. I don't actually think they share habitat. Sorry for the long responses, I'll shut up now.

[Tommo]

ive seen that snake at australia zoo. it was nearly a thick as me.

[wattso]

Thought id drop this in. Sad story for the python.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/103121...ry_2677585.asp

[lutzd]

Also, the photo of the supposed body in the snake seems a bit suss to me. I think it more likely that the snake would have swallowed the prey head first. If not, it was terribly convenient that the corpse had his feet close enough together to enable to snake to swallow it feet-first! :-)

[wattso]

Hard to tell which end snakes head is, but your prolly right. Why anyone would pose like that???yuck!

[Slateman]

You are right about the legs David. Must be fake