Police have found
evidence that "strongly
indicates" a 12-year-old
boy who was witnessed being snatched by a crocodile in a remote part of
Australia was killed in the attack. Apparently this is news because
everyone was expecting that the crocodile had simply taken the boy hostage and
would be demanding a ransom.
In a statement, the
police said they would not be specifying the “type of evidence located out of
respect for the family." So, by dancing around the subject we are
left to assume that they have found body parts around the water hole. Or maybe
one vital body part. Or maybe a hunter killed a crocodile and when they cut it
open they found another crocodile inside, and when they cut that crocodile open
they found the boy inside. By not telling what they found, the police leave a
lot to the imagination. They have turned
what should be a sad story into a Choose Your Own Adventure.
That’s probably more disrespectful to the family than just coming out and
saying that the crocodile ate the boy.
And at the end of the
article, in a weird “if you enjoyed this story, you’ll also like…” cross
promotion, CNN links you to two more Australian wild animal stories:
In a case of life imitating
art, all of these stories have parallels to the Hollywood movies Lake Placid, Kangaroo Jack
and A Cry in the
Dark.
If anyone was offended
by today’s entry, let me go ahead and apologize now for referring to Kangaroo Jack as “art.”
A story on a crocodile attack in Australia. What's next, a news article every time someone in France doesn't wear deodorant?
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