I have no idea whether this landbeast is a male or a female. I just know that my world has been ROCKED by seeing the photo. Mr. Mock sent it to me last night to my cell phone, so it was smallified substantially, but as soon as I opened up the bigger version, I kiiind of felt like my head might explode.
So I’m being kind on this Tuesday morning, by putting the photo after the jump. That way, if you look at it, it won’t really be my fault – it’ll be yours for not heeding my warning.
For those of you who choose to look, let us never speak of this again.
OH MY GOSH!!
OMIGOD! This one I feel sorry for.
that’s gotta be a tumor.
how does anyone allow them self to get to that state????
no sympathy from me.
A little bloated??????
Glad there’s enough pillows
Nooo! Why, oh why, did I look!
Is that Vodka by the bed?
I like to think this is due to a tumor and for no other reason than that. But…I know it must suck really bad either way.
Honestly, why don’t they lose weight or stop before they can’t walk long distances? Isn’t that a hindrance? I know that modern society has all these nifty gadgets that aid in walking or sometimes riding, but really…to go t hat far is just sad.
I’m sorry, but I would end my life if I had to live in bed 24/7. What kind of life is that? Looks more like a tumor to me as her legs are not super huge like her stomach. Really feel sorry for her.
One question though. WHY would she let someone take her picture while naked?
Well, DM, if Kami is right and that’s Vodka by the bed…
Actually, I also think there must be something more than overeating at work here. The belly is global but the legs are tiny in comparison. What kills me, though is his (or her) expression of utter misery.
Photoshopped? Pleeeeease let it be photoshopped!
Call for Steve McQueen — the Blob is eating that lady.
That’s a horrible thing to do to an innocent piece of film.
The photo makes no sense. She looks like she get suffocated by her stomach if you flippped back on her. Her stomach has no structure, it has almost liquid quality. She can’t roll over with out 5 people manuvering her stomach, then she is stuck in that postion. How is heart pumping blood around that body…. Just cut the whole thing off.
Photoshopped…no doubt.
OH CRUEL WORLD, WHY DID I LOOOOOOOOOK!!!!!
I just don’t think it’s photoshopped. The way her arm is propped up, the pillows – the discoloration of the edge of her mass – it’s all very very horribly terribly real.
I am leaning towards this being a female, looking at the lack of facial hair. I would say also that the arm is in that position for modesty’s sake, but I think it’s there to help prop her up. My heart breaks for this person, and I’m guessing this may not be in America. There IS help for those who become this morbidly obese.
Cutting the belly off would probably remove too much blood volume at once, which could cause shock to the system and death. (I’m just guessing–I’m no doctor.) I hope this person is able to get help before she dies due to her extreme size. This is terribly sad and wrong.
Rosanne Barr on a good day.
Ouch… maybe that was a little harsh.
The belly has a whole different zipcode than the rest of the body!
I’m by no means a Photoshop expert, but I don’t see any of the very obvious signs of a hack job–cloning, odd halo effect etc.
I vote for real and no tumor, Just a grade 5 panniculus. When I was working with plastic surgeons, I saw many panniculectomies- usually on patients who had lost lots of weight and their skin and underlying tissue just didn’t shrink evenly. (note how her thighs have lot of sag too).
I also don’t get how people get this big. I think there has to be a point where one realizes that it just isn’t goning to get better (not fitting in xxl, not fitting in a car, not fitting in an airplain seat?)
Awww, Jen, you took the Mockiness out of this. However, as one who often seeks the truth behind such photos, it is good to have learned about the name of this condition and that there are grades of it. I don’t know as to whether I would call it a “just” a grade 5, but it sure is something. So, can all of that really be surgically removed?! Incredible, if true!
She is probably naked because there just aren’t any clothes to go over that frame.
sorry, Tina, for taking away the mockiness…. If it helps bring it back we used to try to guesse the number of cheeseburgers or sara lee poundcakes it took to make such a beast
(then we would weigh what we took off just to see who was closest) Gross, but true.