Posted on 01/26/2023 7:53:32 AM PST by anthropocene_x
An Indonesian family have been reunited with their drowned son after his body was carried to the surface of the Mahakam River by a crocodile. In footage shared to social media, the crocodile can be seen carrying the body of the 4-year old boy to a boat of rescuers, who retrieved him from the water and brought him back to his family.
The boy, who was later identified as Muhammad Ziyad Wijaya, had gone missing two days before near the Jawa Estuary. Members of the East Kalimantan Basarnas Search and Rescue Agency had been searching for the boy.
"Around seven in the morning the team received information from the family that they saw a crocodile carrying a human body," head of the East Kalimantan Basarnas Search and Relief Office Melkianus Kotta told detik.com, a local news outlet. "It turned out that the body was the child we were looking for."
The crocodile carried the toddler's body in his mouth to the surface of the water, a mile away from where he is thought to have drowned. After releasing the boy beside the rescue boat, the crocodile retreated back into the water.
It became clear that there were no bite marks on the boy's body. He went on to say that he thinks the crocodile actually helped the team in their search for the missing child.
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“Sorry, I ordered fresh.”
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Yeah, I reckon that crocodile was probably just already full so he was planning to keep him for a midnight snack, not trying to be helpful.
The story is a croc...
As a fellow Gator (1974-1976), my guess is the croc wanted to get rid of all the rescue activity. They’re very private critters.
that is the most likely explanation- likely dropped the body by accident or fear of being ‘chased/observed’ by the boat=- just a croc doing what crocs do - might have become intimated by the large boat-
croc was trying to lure them into range-
Crocodile Dundee dressed up as a croc.
That is weird.
If a Croc can be civil than why can’t the Demorats.
Beyond the hypocrisy of not believing in our own day to day platitudes, writing this off so easily and not even considering the possibility of God, how is that any different than those who would dismiss the miracles of Jesus as a “crock”?
Miracles happen every day, whether big, small, obvious, or hidden from view. in no way am I saying this is a miracle, a strange crock with a disease affecting its behavior, or a total con. The truth is I have no idea, but I was truly surprised to see that not one freeper so much as considered the possibility of God in this scenario ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌
I miss Steve. I used to watch all his shows.
That’s basically what I said to my gf before reading your comment. Miracles happen. No way to know if this was really one of them.
If you want to get really deep in the butterfly effect of God and miracles...
What if it is a con, but God actually inspired the idea of it. Maybe he knew someone would read the stories about this con, someone who was writing a new book of fables. That book incorporates a story which took inspiration from this con, a story of turning from evil and turning to kindness. Down the line, a young man remembers his mother reading the book to him and especially the one fable of the crocodile. At his lowest point, he decides to turn his life around like the crocodile in the story. He does good for hundreds of people and creates a ripple of God’s love and light through generations. 🐇⛳️🤣😂
If the boy had been alive, it would have been more “miraculous.”
How reassuring
“Crocodiles kill an average of around 1,000 people a year but do not generally set out to hunt humans.”
I’m ready to go swimming with crocodiles now…
a cadaver croc...
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