That doesn't even begin to look real.

Humans skulls look like this:

Very gruesome. I want some to throw in the fountain at the mall.

There's no way that's real. Why would they only go for his head if his hand was bleeding, and how was his head under water that long?

How did his eyes stay in his skull? There's no cavity for the nerves to run through.

I think it's 'chopped.

Bingo!

Feh. You guys think everything is photoshopped :P

I haven't had enough nightmares lately - I'll go ahead and go with real for funsies.

EDIT: regardless, someone went to the trouble of giving the fella some fillings in his teeth. Impressive!

It's just a flesh wound.

A better question is:

How long was this body in the water before it was discovered?

I believe debris in the water, as well as microbes and plant life, will clog up any cavities.

i wonder what his last thought was. "hay look at the perty fishy"

SWEET! :D I was sitting next to my mom and she said 'WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?'

lmao

"Sometimes, there's, like, leaves and things in there..."


(one of my favourite Silence of the Lambs quotes)

If that's Photoshop, it's a hell of a job done several times. I think it's real.

It can be fake without being photoshoped. You know like in the horror movies back in the 70's and 80's.

I think it's possible that it's real, but the story behind it isn't. Notice in the pictures how all of his innards are missing, but the skin on his torso hasn't been chewed through. Why would the phiranas borrow through the opening at his neck?

And also, at the opening near where his neck should be, the skin looks like it had a chance to heal over...

Meh - I look like that until I've had my coffee.

One of those fish laying by the body isn't a piranha. The other two might be but they aren't red-bellied piranha which are the ones with the reputation for doing this sort of thing. The story is way off and I'm suggesting the whole thing is faked.

I think that's a catfish.

My theory:
the man is a victim of cannibalism.
this story is blamed on piranhas as a desperate attempt to hide the growing cannibalistic tribes of the amazon.

The other two could be pacu (I think that is how its spelled). I worked at a pet store and they had pacu and they looked just like piranha. They werent meat eaters like piranha though.