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In reply to the discussion: It's time to indulge our prejudices about Africans again! [View all]Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)There might have been time to retrieve the battered body.
Crocs, like gators, don't really want to fight for their food. Fight other things, that is.
If people were pulling against the croc, they might be able to get the body.
If they immediately dragged the area where the body went in, they could use a net to get the body. Toss the weighted net and drag. Net fishing usually involves weights. Even large knots can act as weight to drag for the body - or what remained of the body. Crocs can swallow big pieces and will.
But a changing story can be either developing news or someone trying to embellish.
Another reason to be suspect, of course.
I'll check the BBC for a retraction over the next few days. I'll also check other sources.
Because if it is false, they should retract and apologize.