Chinese Boy's Remains Found in Crocodile's Stomach

Fox News ^ | 04.23.07 | CAWats

[CAWats]

BEIJING — A crocodile shot to death in south China during a search for a missing 9-year-old student was found to contain the child's remains, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The crocodile was shot Saturday in a park in Beihai, a city in the Guangxi region, by investigators looking for the missing child. Investigators confirmed that human remains found in the reptile were that of the student, the report said.

The child, surnamed Liu, disappeared Friday after Liu and three other children climbed over the fence around a pool in the park that had been used to stage crocodile shows, Xinhua said.

"The children shot the animals with catapults and beat them with wooden sticks," the agency said. "One of the irritated crocodiles bit Liu's clothes and dragged him into water, where he was eaten by a swarm of crocodiles."

Snipers used pork to lure the reptiles from the pool on Saturday and shot the first one that crawled ashore, the report said.

[martin_fierro]

[11th_VA]

Snipers used pork to lure the reptiles from the pool on Saturday and shot the first one that crawled ashore

Congress take note !

[Santa Fe_Conservative]

“Don’t touch that dile!”

[SWAMPSNIPER]

“The children shot the animals with catapults and beat them with wooden sticks.”

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Sorry, Liu, how about a nice Darwin medal?

[manic4organic]

No MSG!

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s all fun and games until a crocodile eats one of your friends.

[ikka]

Then it is fun for one less person.

[Publius6961]

There is a real and valid reason why children should never be asked about grownup issues, like politics and the basis of a just war...

Mother nature doesn't care a whit about "political correctness"...

[Loyalist]

Half an hour later, the croc was hungry again.

[the anti-liberal]

Beautiful!!

[razbinn]

cream of sum-yung-boy?????

[D-Chivas]

Dim son

[Dave Elias]

Un PC jokes are always the funniest!

[toneythetiger]

If it had been a 9 yr old Chinese girl - they would have thought, “Well, one less head to bash against the rocks”.

Or do they just do that to newborn girls ??!!

[grey_whiskers]

*PING*

[Grizzled Bear]

“The children shot the animals with catapults and beat them with wooden sticks,” the agency said. “One of the irritated crocodiles bit Liu’s clothes and dragged him into water, where he was eaten by a swarm of crocodiles.”

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Yes, it’s referring to sling-shots. I’m still getting this mental image of these kids rolling siege engines up to the crocodile pond...

[moonpie57]

Prayers for the family and the other children. I would think that the others witnessed their friend being attacked. That would have to be horrible. Kids do some stupid, stupid things sometimes.

[abigailsmybaby]

ROTFLMFAO!!

[Pravious]

“Kids do some stupid, stupid things sometimes.”

Yeah, but you gotta admit, beating crocodiles with sticks is pretty high up there on the stupid things to do scale.