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"SHOCKING: 500KG CROCODILE EATS SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMAN ALIVE!"

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Zack Mwekassa (english channel) • May 6 2026
Afrique du Sud

Missing hotel owner found inside crocodile

The animal was shot and airlifted from river after police suspected it had eaten businessman

A South African hotelier is believed to have been eaten by a 15ft crocodile after human remains were found inside the swollen reptile.

The animal was shot from a helicopter and airlifted from the crocodile-infested Komati River in a daring police operation before a post-mortem examination was carried out.

A ring was found inside the belly of the 500kg apex predator and is thought to have belonged to Gabriel Batista, 59.

The businessman was swept away in floodwaters while trying to drive across the Komati River in the north-east of the country a week ago.

Investigators will carry out DNA tests on the bones and flesh found inside the crocodile.

Batista’s four-wheel-drive vehicle became stuck when he attempted to cross the Komati River last week. He is believed to have been swept away by the floodwaters.

It is not known whether Batista had drowned by the time he was attacked by the crocodiles or if he was eaten alive.

In the wake of his disappearance, police spent four days flying drones and helicopters over the river during the search and noticed a crocodile with a swollen belly basking in the sun on a small island.

Capt Johan “Pottie” Potgieter, the commander of a police dive unit, told News24: “Besides having a massively full tummy, he didn’t move around or try to slip into the river despite the noise of the drones and the chopper.”

The crocodile was shot by a police marksman from a helicopter and airlifted away from the river to nearby Kruger National Park.

A field necropsy was carried out and two severed arms, part of the rib cage and pieces of flesh were found in the stomach of the crocodile.

Capt Potgieter said: “I don’t want to go into too much detail but there was enough inside the stomach to lead us to believe the crocodile ate the missing man. But we will have to wait until the DNA results come back to confirm it.”

As well as the body parts, six different types of shoes were found, according to Capt Potgieter.

He said this could indicate it had killed other people, but not necessarily, adding: “A crocodile will eat or swallow anything.”

Batista owned the Border Country Inn and sports bar, a short drive from the bridge where he disappeared.

A spokesman said: “Gabriel was a lovely guy and a family man... he spent a lot of time up here and customers loved him.

“He lived in Johannesburg but owned this guest house and bar and spent a lot of time here and was on his way to work on Monday when he was just swept away.

“The family do not want to say anything until the DNA results have been done. It is just terrible and his wife has been here every day with the police diving team.

“It is a nightmare but at the moment there is no family comment.”

The Nile crocodile is the largest species in Africa, with some individuals rivalling the saltwater or estuarine crocodiles that live in Australia and Southeast Asia.

One of the most dangerous reptiles in the world, Nile crocodiles can grow as long as 20ft and weigh more than 680kg.

The species is responsible for several hundred confirmed human deaths per year, although the true number may be higher because many attacks happen in remote areas and are not reported to the authorities.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/04/missing-hotel-owner-found-dead-inside-crocodile/

NEW: Police airlift a crocodile with the body of a 59-year-old businessman inside.

Local police in South Africa say they suspected the crocodile ate the man after observing it from drones. They then shot it and airlifted it off.

When they landed back on the ground, the… pic.twitter.com/12NBTQbmis

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 4, 2026

South Africa: Body Parts Found Inside Crocodile After Man Goes Missing | Firstpost Africa | N18G

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Firstpost • May 6 2026

The Remains Of A 59 Year Old Business Man Found In A Crocodile's Belle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtWtu-Y20k8
IZINDABA SA 🇿🇦 • May 6 2026


🔴“Yoh! Crocodile Found With Man’s Body Inside 😳 This Is Terrifying”

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S.A POLITICAL LENS • May 6 2026

RIP
Olowo fi owo ra iku

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Damnnnn

500KG..

Xxxxxxxxxx

What is the correlation of the weight of the Crocs to killing of a white South Africa business man

Over Engineering of Sentences, with over spicing Adjectives

"Gustave: Truth Behind the Killer"

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GatorJake456 • May 17 2023


"HUGE CROCODILE found in Lagos...
BattaBox investigates!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVdOjOhhxEw
BattaBox •

End time 15ft long crocodile

Next week...
It'll become crocodile xenophobia

Can we now eat the crocs please?

Animal right , how far, lets wait for their judgement

Is only God that knows this man's ordeal before he finally gave off the ghost.

okomile:
RIP
Olowo fi owo ra iku

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Is this the adventurous spirit that made tiny island of GREAT Britain with its small population dominate the entire world for centuries?

The kind of adventurous spirit we lack, which ensures we remain the lowest of the lowest in the human race

TheBedWench:
The one-drop rule is a social and legal principle of racial classification that was historically prominent in the United States in the 20th century. It asserted that any person with even one ancestor of black ancestry ("one drop" of black blood) is considered black (Negro or colored in historical terms).

This concept became codified into the law of some states in the early 20th century. It was associated with the principle of "invisible blackness" that developed after the long history of racial interaction in the South, which had included the hardening of slavery as a racial caste and later segregation. It is an example of  hypodescent, the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union between different socioeconomic or ethnic groups to the group with the lower status, regardless of proportion of ancestry in different groups.[3]

The one-drop rule is defunct in law in the United States and was never codified into federal law.

Predators

Unlucky man.

May His soul RIP. AMEN

What a terrible way to leave this world.Getting ripped by a croc.May his soul RIP.

This one na double wahala. What a tragedy. His family will find it difficult to stomach the news. At a time when they were hoping that he might be alive after been swept by the flood waters they hear news of a croc that after eating him was found chilling on a small island basking on the sun.

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The businessman was swept away in floodwaters while trying to drive across the Komati River in the north-east of the country a week ago.

Just imagine this headline came out of Nigeria, na serious campaign material be that
Such a sad way to die

If he was Nigerian, he would be dead and forgotten.

I hope he was not killed and feed to crocodiles

What a terrible way to die

96ACE:
How did they know the exact crocodile to catch in a crocodile infested river? Anyway make I just dey burn my spliff in peace

The noticed that the crocodile had a distended stomach and was sluggish in its movement

What a painful way to die 😩

RIP sir

Ironfaceman:
I hope he was not killed and feed to crocodiles

His car got trapped in flood waters and he tried to swim to safety

6 diff types of shoes found In Croc body .

U ate belleful com sunbath

AlphaTaikun:
"SHOCKING: 500KG CROCODILE EATS SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMAN ALIVE!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pdbu8ani-8?si=kQozAbGy3MimPzrI
Zack Mwekassa (english channel) • May 6 2026
Afrique du Sud




https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/04/missing-hotel-owner-found-dead-inside-crocodile/

NEW: Police airlift a crocodile with the body of a 59-year-old businessman inside.

Local police in South Africa say they suspected the crocodile ate the man after observing it from drones. They then shot it and airlifted it off.

When they landed back on the ground, the… pic.twitter.com/12NBTQbmis

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 4, 2026

that is why it is unsafe you drive during heavy flooding

bluefilm:
End time 15ft long crocodile

When will the black people separate from end time shadow😀

At times can't help but imagine how south Africans are wired

Six different types of shoes...


God abeg o

Hahaha.... Nigeria is still in stone age. Imagine having to get a permission from the authorities to euthanize (take the life of a crocodile peace) the crocodile even after knowing it probably ate a human.

Nigeria police where una go una own training sef? Ordinary go arrest person way be suspect, you go , shoot, kill am... You wan tell me say if it were in Nigeria them for ever find that man?