14 DAY TRIAL // Time to step aside, Alex from Target, hot criminal Jeremy Meeks, Grumpy Cat and all ye other Internet celebrities. There's a new star in town, and his name is Paul Rosolie. He's 26 years old and he owes his sudden rise to fame to a story about how, soon enough, he will let an anaconda eat him alive.
That's right, word has it that, sometime over the next few weeks, this naturalist and wildlife filmmaker will go in search of a freakishly big snake, and having found it, he will allow it to feed on him. What's more, the man says that, once eaten, he will convince the snake to regurgitate him.
Possibly the most bizarre reality TV show ever
The man's endeavor is to be closely documented and detailed in a special scheduled to air on the Discovery Channel this coming December 7. Appropriately enough, this upcoming special is titled Eaten Alive.
By now, chances are that most of you think that this piece of news is no more and no less than a hoax. The thing is that it's not just Paul Rosolie who's saying that footage showing him being eaten alive by a snake will soon hit the public eye.
Discovery has so far released 2 promos for the show, both of which are available below, and is even busy advertising the show on its website. “On Eaten Alive, naturalist and wildlife filmmaker Paul Rosolie enters the belly of an anaconda in a custom-built snake-proof suit,” the network writes.
What's interesting is that, apparently, Paul Rosolie wants to let an anaconda eat him alive not to get his moment in the spotlight, but to raise awareness about the need to safeguard our planet's remaining biodiversity by taking better care of natural ecosystems.
“In the days leading up to Eaten Alive on Discovery Channel, I understand that many people have questions. All I can tell you now is that all my work is based around the fact that wildlife and ecosystems today, across the globe, are at a critical moment.”
“From sharks, to tigers, to anacondas – across the globe the biggest and baddest, some of the most iconic creatures on our planet are vanishing because of us. The snakes that I work with are under threat from hunting and habitat destruction, and need help,” Paul Rosalie explains on his website.
He swears to it that he will survive the experience
As mentioned, the naturalist plans to put on a protective suit that he himself designed and made before letting the anaconda swallow him whole. To ensure that the snake will want to eat him, he plans to cover himself in pig blood.
It is understood that this protective suit is fitted with a cord that the people accompanying Paul Rosolie on this quest will use to pull the daredevil out of the snake once the animal is done eating him. The filmmaker promises that neither he nor the anaconda will in any way be harmed.
Many are more concerned about the snake than Paul
An ongoing petition on ChangeOrg asks that Paul Rosolie drop his plans to have a wild anaconda eat him and that the Discovery Channel revisit its decision to air such a wacky reality TV show.
The thing is that, as surprising as this may sound, the folks who have until now signed this petition aren't so much concerned about the wildlife filmmaker as they are about the snake he plans to play Russian nesting dolls with.
Thus, these people claim that, regardless of their size, anacondas cannot possible eat a fully grown man. Hence, chances are that, when attempting to eat Paul Rosolie, the snake that this naturalist wants to mess with will be severely injured.
“The Discovery Channel is now committing animal abuse for creating a show called Eaten Alive. A grown man in a ‘special suit’ is planning on being eaten alive by a Green Anaconda,” the petition on Change Org reads.
“This is animal abuse to the highest degree and absolutely disgusting, and could kill the snake – an adult green anaconda cannot fit the width of an adult man's shoulders into it's body,” animal rights activists go on to explain.
Hopefully, more information about this weird Discovery Channel reality TV show will soon be shared with the public.
