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Man Hunts Crocodile That Haseaten Over 200 People by extragud(m): 2:12pm On Feb 20, 2013


For 20 years, near Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, locals have been terrorized by one of the largest freshwater crocodiles in the world.The victims were killed by the crocodile when they were fetching water from rivers. A large number of crocodile eggs were also collected along river banks, meaning that the threat is multiple.

The 25 foot long crocodile,
named Gustave, has an insatiable
appetite for people. He is known
for having eaten over 200
people, though some believe that
number to be as high as 300.

In the past, all attempts to catch
or kill Gustave were unsuccessful.
Still, for one man who has made it
his mission to hunt the crocodile,
there may be a more humane
solution to stopping this man- eater.

Infamous cases, when crocodile
hunters were even more
determined to stop these killings,
but ended up with some of their
body parts missing - can by no
means be left unnoticed.

Patrice Faye is Frenchman, but
he’s been living in Burundi for
the past two decades. He became
something of a local hero 11
years ago when he made his first
attempts to capture Gustave using a trap, but that didn’t work
out well.

“He must have a very strong
survival instinct , because he has
survived while other crocodiles
were massacred,” Faye told the
BBC Brasil. Despite the fact that
Gustave has eaten so many people, Faye still has respect for
his elusive nemesis–and does not
intend on killing him.

It may take more than a bullet to
stop an enormous, man-eating
crocodile–or to discourage his
devoted follower, Patrice Faye.
Re: Man Hunts Crocodile That Haseaten Over 200 People by Obinnau(m): 2:45pm On Feb 20, 2013
Did u just copy this from the movie GUSTAV
Re: Man Hunts Crocodile That Haseaten Over 200 People by Dfrenzy(m): 7:37pm On Feb 20, 2013
Wait, 25 feet long crocodile?

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