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unsung
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edited August 2008 in A Moving Train
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,408683,00.html


Bangladesh police say a crocodile killed and ate a 25-year-old after he waded into a pond next to a shrine in an attempt to receive the animal’s blessing, news.com.au reported Friday.

Inspector Humayun Kabir said Rubel Sheikh and his mother traveled to the Muslim Khan Jahan Ali shrine, where hundreds of people visit every day to offer hens and goats to the crocodiles living there.

Part of the shrine ritual involves bathing in the water with the crocodiles, but devotees are very rarely approached by the animals, according to Kabir.

"He went into the pond hoping to be blessed when a crocodile attacked him and dragged him into the deep part of the pond,'' Kabir told the Australian Associated Press.

"This is a very unusual incident. Normally, the crocodiles are very friendly and do not harm people.''

About 25 people dove into the pond to try and rescue Sheikh, but could not find his body. It washed ashore Thursday and had been largely eaten, Kabir said.
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Blessed by a crocodile? I guess he got that and more! If I were in his family I'd switch religions and look for blessings from things with fewer teeth.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • spyguy
    spyguy Posts: 613
    unsung wrote:
    "This is a very unusual incident. Normally, the crocodiles are very friendly and do not harm people.''

    :eek:
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    why do people still get their news from fox?
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    _outlaw wrote:
    why do people still get their news from fox?

    I find it more odd that people still follow religions. Especially wacky ones that bite.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Collin
    Collin Posts: 4,931
    Friendly crocodiles; eh?

    Who are all these people who think these wild animals accept them... Eventually they all get killed by one of those "friendly" killers...
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    guess he displeased the croc gods.
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Collin wrote:
    Friendly crocodiles; eh?

    Who are all these people who think these wild animals accept them... Eventually they all get killed by one of those "friendly" killers...

    No shit? Hell, I spend time around wild animals but I never once thought they wanted me there and I'm certainly not looking for a croc to give me his blessing. Some people just plain deserve to be eaten. Hopefully, they didn't do the standard response and kill the croc.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    never smile at a crocodile
    no you cant get friendly with a crocodile

    ours crocs love tourists. :D
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    catefrances wrote:
    never smile at a crocodile
    no you cant get friendly with a crocodile

    ours crocs love tourists. :D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I was just about to post that song. :p

    you snooze you lose my friend. :p:D
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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    Collin wrote:
    Friendly crocodiles; eh?

    Who are all these people who think these wild animals accept them... Eventually they all get killed by one of those "friendly" killers...

    Exactly

    Steve Irwin and the "friendly" Stingray :o
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills 22 of His Students

    Twenty-two Iraqi militants were killed and 15 more injured, on Monday during a suicide bombing training session when an instructor accidentally set off an explosion during a demonstration. The commanders was reportedly training them on the use of explosive belts and car bombs, when of the devices went off

    According to the New York Times, the would-be terrorists were part of a group called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The group professes to be battling Iraq's Shi'ite-led army, and has been linked to bombing attacks throughout the country
    ......

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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Jason P said:

    Suicide Bomb Instructor Accidentally Kills 22 of His Students

    Twenty-two Iraqi militants were killed and 15 more injured, on Monday during a suicide bombing training session when an instructor accidentally set off an explosion during a demonstration. The commanders was reportedly training them on the use of explosive belts and car bombs, when of the devices went off

    According to the New York Times, the would-be terrorists were part of a group called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. The group professes to be battling Iraq's Shi'ite-led army, and has been linked to bombing attacks throughout the country
    ......

    thewire.com/global/2014/02/suicide-bomb-instructor-accidentally-kills-22-his-own-students/357914/


    So... there is a God after all?

    Holy shit!
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    D'oh!

    I initially thought this was something from The Onion.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Natural selection at it's finest.
  • Pingfah
    Pingfah Posts: 350
    fuck said:

    why do people still get their news from fox?

    People watch FN, in fact however, they rarely get news.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    Reality show snake-handling preacher dies -- of snakebite

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/snake-salvation-pastor-bite/index.html
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  • oysterjar
    oysterjar NH Posts: 1,235
    Cosmo said:

    Reality show snake-handling preacher dies -- of snakebite

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/snake-salvation-pastor-bite/index.html


    So technically he was bit by the hand that fed him?
    Wind this thing up.

  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Cosmo said:

    Reality show snake-handling preacher dies -- of snakebite

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/us/snake-salvation-pastor-bite/index.html

    So for the "believers", does this mean it was god calling one old his own home?

  • mookieb10
    mookieb10 Posts: 930
    That religion is a croc of shit.

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