Footage posted by journalist Porfirio Ibarra on Thursday shows a handful of horrified onlookers filming the scene on the otherwise still waters of Laguna del Carpintero in Tampico Tamaulipas.
“Oh f–k,” one onlooker repeatedly gasps in Spanish, as the giant croc slowly swims by with the half-naked body that is already missing his left lower arm and foot.
Probably tossed in the water by the local drug cartel. And Horror!. They ignored the "It's illegal to feed the aligators" sigh, to boot.
ReplyDeletePUT HIM IN THE RIO GRANDE!!
ReplyDeleteI am betting that the croc is thinking it tastes like chicken.
ReplyDeleteI think they found his foot in Yellowstone:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.livescience.com/yellowstone-hot-spring-foot
Looks like Juan ain’t gonna be crossing the border.
ReplyDeleteHere in Queensland, all crocs became a protected species back in ‘74, and interacting with them in the wild is an offence, although they might find it hard to press a charge if you’re in a croc’s gut. The greenies are rarely the people that have to live with the things, but.
ReplyDeleteThis bloke may or may not be a Darwin Award winner, but you don’t have to have made a mistake to end up as croc shit. It’s always bad news when wild animals lose their fear of man, especially with apex predators like this one. I’ll leave the internal exam for gender to Wirecutter, but this seemingly arrogant territorial display is the remit of the male head honcho in the area, he just doesn’t give a shit what we think.
During WWII, in ‘42 US forces took over anti-aircraft defence of Cairns, it being a vital land, air and sea port for them and other Allied forces. Since late’39, there was little hunting pressure on crocs with men shipping off to fight the Axis, they began to be seen much more often, even inside Cairns harbour (they are always present, people being aware of them or not). When Yank gunners saw them cruising in the inlet, the young bucks would excitedly open up with .30 and .50 calibre machine guns. It not being unknown for 20mm Oerlikon gunners, even 37mm gun crews to join in too, no matter any dumb rules!
The local fishermen, ship’s crewmen and RAAF Catalina and Mariner crews and ground crew at the flying boat base on Admiralty Island rarely saw things the same way as the AA gun crews, excitement abounded though! Despite claims of kills made, none of the Far North Queensland crocs ended up as belts or watchbands. I suppose they could have been Jap spies in a crocodile outfit!
Johno