16 Foot Crocodile that ate 83 people is caught.

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

KAMPALA, Uganda (Reuters) - A 5-meter-long (16 ft) crocodile said to have eaten more than 80 people has been caught alive in Uganda and transferred to a sanctuary, officials said Tuesday.


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The giant beast -- weighing about a ton-- was captured by wildlife experts who spent three nights camping in the bush before locating their target.


Residents told local media the crocodile killed 83 people over the last two decades, mostly fishermen plying their trade on Lake Victoria off the shores of Bugiri district.


"Much as the residents of Luganga wanted to kill the reptile after our rangers had captured it, it is our responsibility to protect it by removing it from that area and keeping it in a safe place," Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) spokeswoman Lillian Nsubuga told Reuters.


The beast - reportedly more than 60 years old -- was trapped using ropes and transported by pick-up truck to Buwama crocodile farm west of the capital Kampala.


The state-owned New Vision newspaper said it "roared" as it was released into a holding ground at the farm Monday.


Crocodiles sometimes attack and kill villagers collecting water or fishing in Lake Victoria, Africa's biggest lake.


Experts say most attacks are triggered as humans getting too close, and the crocodiles are protecting their territory.

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Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

I am glad that they caught this thing. Now I can swim whenver I want to without worry about being eaten.

Necro

ate 80 people? Holy crap

You'd think the 80th person would have known better. It's like jeez 79 other people died, ehhh i need to make a living ahhhhhhhhh stop eating me ahhhhh

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

LOL I know. People are idiots. If i lived near there I wouldn't fucking be a fisherman with all the damn crocodiles around.

Acid_Drop

"The giant beast -- weighing about a ton-- was captured by wildlife experts who spent three nights camping in the bush before locating their target. "

wow, sounds like my last porno....

seriously though, saw a programme about that and its one huge brother trucker!