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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.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crocodilehelped; goodcrocdeeds; justlikeus; life; rescuecroc; science
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To: A_perfect_lady
It also would have been more miraculous if:

When no beds were available in Bethlehem, a glorious Domus rose from the ground?

When Jesus was turning water into wine, he had just made a full blown fountain pour from the sky where people could just take there glass to fill, no need to carry or serve.way more impressive!

lightning stuck down the guards, snakes poured from Pontius Pilate's eyes as he dropped to the floor dying, and Jesus floated from the cross in a glowing light then stood before all with no wound, dirt, sweat, or tears.

Lots of “miracles” biblical or just the day to day things like the birth of a child could have be “more miraculous” but that's a bit like a child saying “yeah we went to Disney but it would have been even more impressive if you flew me to the Disney in Europe”

41 posted on 01/26/2023 10:44:43 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

The older I get I become less jaded about the possibility that unusual events are divine in origin.


42 posted on 01/26/2023 10:45:23 AM PST by F450-V10
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To: anthropocene_x

God can use whatever he likes to get the job done.


43 posted on 01/26/2023 12:31:25 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Dagny Muriel

A spiritual explanation occurred to me as well. A villager reincarnated as the crocodile, boy’s spirit talking to the animal, some sort of enlightened beast, or just a good old fashioned miracle. Take your pick. That it never occcured to folks on here shows just how far American conservatives have gone away from Christianity or religion in general.


44 posted on 01/26/2023 12:44:06 PM PST by libertarian66
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To: Dagny Muriel

No, I’m sorry, not buying it. Alive child would be miraculous. Dead child is just dead child.


45 posted on 01/26/2023 6:14:52 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: libertarian66

Kind of ironic it’s the libertarians isn’t it? 😘😜


46 posted on 01/26/2023 9:04:21 PM 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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