Giant Snake Kills Tow Girls in River

I call BS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqMDdx_X2_c

The title translates into "giant snake killing two girls in Rio Sapucaí - (weighted images) "

The text in the video: "Attack of snake kills two girls."

I found this on another site. Loose translation:

A group of young Sapucaí bathed in the river in the town of Itajubá - MG, when an anaconda snake appeared and killed two girls, 16 and 17 years on Sunday (15). One of the victims have yet been found by villagers a few meters after the incident, but died in hospital with a cardiac arrest.

I have my doubts on this. I don't believe one snake could kill 2 people at once especially with all those people around.

So I say this is fake.

I also call BS. It probably was a large caiman. Oh, and don't forget piranah!

The video is not fake and made ​​headlines in major newspapers in Brazil.
This video shows two girls who died in the river Itajubá apparently attacked by a giant snake (Anaconda?). The snake appears before the attack on the riverbank when a boy dragging a tree trunk. At the moment of attack the snake's head appears behind the girl. There is now an intense debate in Brazil is that what emerges is a snake or an unknown animal.

The original video is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-LdOsBhDa0

the snake appears on the waterfront at 1:48 of the video. Pay attention to the boy dragging a trunk. The snake appears near the trunk to 1:48 until 1:50 of the video.

This still just seems really odd for an attack like this to take place with that many people swimming and splashing,

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Originally Posted by D&J Reptiles

This still just seems really odd for an attack like this to take place with that many people swimming and splashing,

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Why is it odd?

I believe it. I read that anacondas will kill and if there is another prey, they will regurgitate and kill again. Something about it just having a ruthless nature.

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Originally Posted by Jerhart

Why is it odd?

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It just seems that most animals including snakes will hunt by a certain movement. People swimming in my eyes do not seem like the target that a snake would go after. But that is just my opinion

I have read the same thing about regurgitation if multiple prey is available.

The only time I heard that was "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid".

MY vote is another predator did it. There are other large, meat eating animals in that part of the world, right? :D