Man eaten alive by crocodile in Malaysia
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Villagers saw the lower half of a man’s body dangling from the mouth of a 20m-long crocodile. (AP file photo)
THE STAR/ANN
Sunday 19 Dec
KUCHING: A 66-year-old man was eaten alive by a crocodile when he went fishing in a river near his house at Kampung Reban in Asajaya, some 60km from here.
Villagers saw the lower half of Sidi Samat’s body dangling from the mouth of a 20m-long crocodile resting in the middle of the Batang Samarahan river at around 10.30am yesterday.
However, a hastily assembled search and rescue team comprising six villagers using a longboat and equipped with a shotgun, failed to locate the crocodile.
“He went fishing by the river at around 6.30am. He normally returns home in less than an hour, but when he did not come back after 8am, I called for help to look for him,” Sidi’s wife, Dayang Sara Awang Shahrut, 60, told reporters at her house yesterday in front of the river where the incident took place.
Relatives and villagers who went to the river to look for Sidi soon after Dayang Sara called for help, were shocked to see his body inside the crocodile’s mouth.
“We saw a huge crocodile in the middle of the river. I saw Sidi’s legs inside the mouth of the crocodile. But it was too far. We could not reach him,” said Ismail Awang Uding, who then informed the police and Bomba.
“I prayed and talked to the crocodile, asking it to come ashore. It came to the shore, but before we could do anything, it immersed itself in the river,” Ismail said.
According to the villagers, crocodiles are a common sight there but they never came up the banks and the villagers always avoided them.
Villagers said it has been more than 10 years since the last crocodile attack.
Source:
http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2010/12/19/man-eaten-alive-by-crocodile-in-malaysia/ -
a 20 METER long crocodile.............???!!!
must be Croc-Zilla....................LOL..............
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Originally posted by Junyang700:
“I prayed and talked to the crocodile, asking it to come ashore. It came to the shore, but before we could do anything, it immersed itself in the river,” Ismail said.
epic feat
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20m long?!?! For real? That's seriously a monster.
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They cannot find the crocodile after the incident?
Get the navy to send in their submarines to find the corcodile lor. With modern technology like satellite etc still cannot find a crocodile meh
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dun think is 20 m
a 65 foot Monster, must be from Jurassic Time?
reporter must be mad
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20 foot croc lah..............still huge leh............
i bet the guy won't be the last victim..........
lucky Mas Selemat back in S'pore already............otherwise he might be croc's dinner........
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Hang him above the croc for amusement
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Not every place in S E Asia is urbanised, still have places that are wild.
Even Sg's Bukit Timah forest has wild boars.
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wt?
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Bujang Senang !! LIVES !!!!
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most likely is 2m lah.... everything also add in another few zero in malaysia one what u all forgot ar?
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this croc is a mutant......ah fling
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20 feet?
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20 feet is about 6 metres, which sounds alot more reasonable, but its still a monster.
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20m????
I think they should called up the Destination Truth Crew to film it.
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oh my god. that's too crazy...20 meter crocodile is really huge !!
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A twenty foot croc is still pretty huge. I thouhgt only Australia had the monster crocs
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20m is too incredible.
20 feet is more believeable, but still huge.
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The blow out the story.
I dont really believe it.
The 20 meter croc.
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and no one gives a damn to the dead man ya??
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Originally posted by Saltiga:
and no one gives a damn to the dead man ya??
no we don't. Do you ? I doubt the croc was even 20 feet long. -
Rememer the in Africa, this dood also got chomped by the crocs at the river nile
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“I prayed and talked to the crocodile, asking it to come ashore. It came to the shore, but before we could do anything, it immersed itself in the river,” Ismail said
You all are missing the point! Another dude actually TALKED to it!
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I see more Buaya in the golf course than anywhere else
cos they have eaten lots of my money