if they were hovering in a helicopter, why didn’t they take more pictures? I’d be more inclined to believe it if the subsequent pictures showed motion. Its kinda far-fetched to claim you saw this enormous snake, and only snapped one shot of it.
Maybe they ran out of film in their digital camera?
Hmm. If you look closely at the picture you can see two wake patterns on either side of the figure.
Yep. Any crew that saw that snake, had a camera on board, and did not take 500 shot from all angles and elevation would be more fictitious than this photo. Besides, water clarity in this jungle river looks to be astoundingly clear - pretty handy for a single shot that even shows surface wake around the animal.