Posted on 11/18/2012 9:36:54 AM PST by george76
Australian authorities searching for a seven-year-old girl have found what appears to be human remains inside a 3m crocodile.
An extensive search began at first light for the girl who was last seen swimming at the natural pool at an outstation about 210 miles (340km) east of the city of Darwin on Friday afternoon.
The girl was swimming with other children and an adult at the time.
"Witnesses have told police that a crocodile attacked the male adult before pulling the girl under water,"
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Saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to 7m (23ft) long and weigh more than a ton, are a common feature of Australia's tropical north.
They have been protected since the 1970s and their numbers have increased steadily since, along with the number of human encounters.
An average of two people are killed each year in Australia by saltwater crocodiles
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wonder when they’ll have the same classification for humans?
Why in the hell would you bring your kids to swim in crock infested waters? If they were in this country they would have voted obama.
Maybe they did.
Oh Lord! The poor little child.
A dirtbag here in FL is on death row. He kidnapped a little girl and then kicked her out of his car in a swampy area of Palm Beach County. When LEO found her body, the ME determined that she was still alive as the gator was eating her.
Well, it did happen about 210 miles (340km) east of the city of Darwin.
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