‘Ribs explode’: Man tried to be eaten by snake

A man who tried to let a snake eat him has revealed the gruesome toll it took on his body. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Man who tried to get eaten alive by snake recalls moment he was “inches away” from his “ribcage exploding”.

In a 2014 epsisode of the Discovery Channel’s Eaten Alive Paul Rosolie, a conversationalist, agreed to be consumed by a large snake.

However, within mere minutes, as his head starts to be consumed, Mr Rosolie called to end the stunt.

Man who tried to get eaten alive by snake recalls moment he was ‘inches away from ribcage exploding. Picture: Supplied.

This month, Mr Rosolie recalled the experience to LADbible — describing it as “terrifying”.

Paul Rosolie is best known for going viral for trying to get eaten alive by a snake. Picture: Supplied.

“The last thing I remember was her mouth open wide and everything went black. I went limp and let it constrict,” he said.

“She wrapped around me and I felt my suit cracking and my arms ripping out of their sockets”.

The protective suit was a custom-made carbon fibre suit to protect the conservationist. Picture: Discovery Channel.

A stunt could have gone horribly wrong, as a man came inches away from having his 'rib cage explode'. Picture: Supplied.

“I came inches away, moments away from having my rib cage explode,” he said.

“It was really all about showing people the power of these snakes with the mission of protecting their habitats,” he said.

The giant snakes are known to be able to constrict jaguars and other animals much larger than humans, indicating their ability to ingest him wouldn’t pose a challenge.

“Every time you exhale, you never get that space back, you never take that breath in again. So you exhale and the snake squeezes, and then when you try to breathe in, there’s nothing. And so I couldn’t even call for help. It was terrifying,” he said.