That scene you posted was once a flicker book when I was a kid. I had one of them. You would grab the edge of the book and flip the pages quickly with your thumb and all the little pictures would flick by and present that very same scene.
Memories!
By the way, rather than waste time with a funeral I believe they tossed her body in the lagoon to feed the creature. Ah, he finally catched her. She offered no resistance.
I haven’t thought of those flip-books in years! I used to have them, too.
I had some of those flicker books. They were neat.
That sentence is more horrifying than any feelings she might have experienced as the swamp creature lunged towards her...