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 crocodile 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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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 November 1939, Page 3
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