Boatman’s skeleton hauled from Amazonian river after piranhas strip body to the bone but leave trousers & boots intact
THE gruesome remains of a boatman have been hauled up from an Amazonian river after savage piranhas stripped his body down to the bone.
Odair Raash, 46, disappeared into the Guapore River before he was found torn to pieces and missing his flesh and organs, despite his clothes being left untouched.
Horrified locals found his ravaged remains washed up 20 miles up the river on January 1, in a horrifying condition.
Grim photos show Raash’s skeleton being dragged onto tarpaulin sheets on the river bank.
Virtually every scrap of his flesh and internal organs had been eaten and all that was left was his bare bones and devoured carcass.
Some of the skin on his hands was spared and all that was left on his skull was a strip of hair on the back of his head.
According to reports, the bite marks imprinted onto his now fragile body were linked to piranha bites.
Many believe Raash was attacked by a large school of the deadly fish in a mass strike.
Although some reports thought that other animals could’ve feasted on his flesh first.
What makes the chilling discovering even more bizarre is that he was found with his clothes still in an almost immaculate condition.
Raash was still wearing a red t-shirt, skinny blue jeans and brown boots that he ultimately went missing in, puzzling locals.
He was thought to have been transporting cattle near Costa Marques Rondonia State in Brazil when he went vanished.
It is still unknown how the experienced boatman ended up dead in the river and how long it took his body to be literally ripped apart.
His skeleton was wrapped in the tarpaulin and taken off the river bank as police investigations got now underway.
Local cops are reportedly looking into whether alcohol played a part in Raash’s grisly demise as they look into whether the crew on his boat were drunk on the fateful night of his death.
Back in May last year, at least eight people were left badly injured in a piranha attack on the Amazon River.
Victims suffered bloody wounds, according to local media as the aggressive fish are said to have torn into their legs at a beach resort.
This comes after a 13-year-old girl had her toe chewed off after being attacked by piranhas in the Parana River in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Up to 30 other people were also injured, including 20 more children.
The young girl was quickly rushed to hospital for an emergency skin graft operation after losing a heavy amount of blood.
A seven-year-old girl also lost part of her finger as a third young boy was left with an open fracture in his hand.
According to aquatic experts, piranha attacks are usually territorial rather than food related.