Posted on 09/20/2010 4:06:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An American couple says the crocodile preserve they ran in Belize was burned down by a mob of locals who were apparently inspired by a psychic.
Vincent and Cherie Rose, formerly of Aspen, Colo., said about 100 angry Mayans stormed their compound in Punta Gora over the weekend after a local psychic told them the Roses had kidnapped two local children and fed them to the crocs.
"I'm going to get a lawyer and sue the Mayan village that's responsible for destroying our lives and our not-for-profit crocodile sanctuary," Rose told the Aspen Times.
The newspaper said Thursday that the Roses had relocated to Belize in 2004 and opened the American Crocodile Education Sanctuary as a haven from poachers. About 17 of the reptiles were in the 36-acre sanctuary when the crowd attacked.
The psychic has since been arrested for telling fraudulent fortunes, but no arrests have been made in the torching of the Roses' compound.
“Look at them snappers” - “Romancing the Stone”
I think this story is a “croc”.
http://www.insta-gatorranch.com/
Instead of a crocodile farm, they should have had an alligator hatchery. (I just love the name, Insta-Gator)
When asked “Should we let the crocodiles live?” you should have heard all the Maya nays.
Didn’t say they were Jews, did he?
Sounds like something somebody would blame on Jews to rile up the natives.
Maybe the Mayans never heard of Jews though and wouldn’t get it.
Sound like typical whuney libs...Thank goodness they havent drifted into Colombia yet. But they are all over Central America.
I bet the village cook is an anti-Semite. You don’t just cook a hamburger like that on accident.
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