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Crocodile Carries Body of Child Back to Family a Mile From Where He Drowned
Newsweek ^ | 1/24/23 | Pandora Dewan

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crocodilehelped; goodcrocdeeds; justlikeus; life; rescuecroc; science
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To: anthropocene_x

“Sorry, I ordered fresh.”


21 posted on 01/26/2023 8:19:41 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: anthropocene_x

BS


22 posted on 01/26/2023 8:21:56 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: anthropocene_x

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.


23 posted on 01/26/2023 8:22:09 AM PST by Boogieman
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The story is a croc...


24 posted on 01/26/2023 8:22:13 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: EEGator

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.


25 posted on 01/26/2023 8:31:26 AM PST by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: Boogieman

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-


26 posted on 01/26/2023 8:43:51 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Theophilous Meatyard III

croc was trying to lure them into range-


27 posted on 01/26/2023 8:44:33 AM PST by Bob434
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To: anthropocene_x

Crocodile Dundee dressed up as a croc.


28 posted on 01/26/2023 8:48:57 AM PST by waredbird
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To: anthropocene_x
A real tear was seen in the croc’s eye that day.
29 posted on 01/26/2023 8:53:00 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: anthropocene_x

That is weird.


30 posted on 01/26/2023 9:17:35 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: anthropocene_x

If a Croc can be civil than why can’t the Demorats.


31 posted on 01/26/2023 9:24:17 AM PST by Rappini (In hoc signo vinces)
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To: anthropocene_x
For everyone so quick to dismiss this as either a “crock” or just the normal crocodile behavior, which it is not, did any of you ever think of God? We frequently use the platitudes, “God works in mysterious ways”, “ God will never give you more than you can handle”, etc. Well maybe someone one that rescue crew had turned from God, bur upon witnessing this miracle goes on to bring faith and hope to countless other who feel hopeless and lost. Is it possible the mother, could survive the loss, but she would not have been able to handle never finding her son?

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)┌

32 posted on 01/26/2023 9:55:39 AM PST by Dagny Muriel (NEVER TRUST what you read, hear, or see. NO one in power is trustworthy. Follow the $ for the truth.)
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To: EEGator

33 posted on 01/26/2023 9:57:58 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

I miss Steve. I used to watch all his shows.


34 posted on 01/26/2023 10:01:47 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Dagny Muriel

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.


35 posted on 01/26/2023 10:07:54 AM PST by steve86 (Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
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To: steve86

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. 🐇⛳️🤣😂


36 posted on 01/26/2023 10:26:01 AM PST by Dagny Muriel (NEVER TRUST what you read, hear, or see. NO one in power is trustworthy. Follow the $ for the truth.)
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To: Dagny Muriel

If the boy had been alive, it would have been more “miraculous.”


37 posted on 01/26/2023 10:27:00 AM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: EEGator

How reassuring

“Crocodiles kill an average of around 1,000 people a year but do not generally set out to hunt humans.”


38 posted on 01/26/2023 10:31:17 AM PST by corlorde
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To: corlorde

I’m ready to go swimming with crocodiles now…


39 posted on 01/26/2023 10:35:37 AM PST by EEGator
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To: anthropocene_x

a cadaver croc...


40 posted on 01/26/2023 10:36:38 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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