BOY ACTS AS BAIT
MAN-EATING CROCODILE In order to lure a man-eating crocodile from its lair, Kees Weverling. a Dutch boy in Singapore, volunteered to act as a human bait. A hunt was arranged and, when all other attempts to attract the crocojdile had failed, the Dutch boy jumped into the water. Within a few moments the head of a huge crocodile appeared. The boy’s father and others watched the daring lad swim to shallow water with the crocodile pursuing him. Then they opened fire, and the crocodile, turning a somersault in the air, fell back dead into the water.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20060, 5 October 1939, Page 6
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100BOY ACTS AS BAIT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20060, 5 October 1939, Page 6
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