WATCH: Crocodile carries drowned boy back to his family
Updated | By East Coast Radio
Even crocodiles have a soft side it seems...
When we think about crocodiles, we immediately associate them with being dangerous creatures.
But this story really knocked that notion out the park.
A crocodile in Indonesia shocked many people when it helped find the body of a little boy.
"Footage shared on social media shows the deadly reptile carrying the body of the four-year-old above its head and swimming a mile to a rescue boat." (Daily Star)
The predator was seen dropping the child's body by the rescue boat and disappearing back into the water.
WATCH the video below, courtesy of YouTube.
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"The boy was later identified as Muhammad Ziyad Wijaya, who had gone missing two days before near the Jawa Estuary in the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia." (Daily Star)
A bystander who witnessed the incident videoed the event. It seems that many people are of the belief that the crocodile aided in the search.
It is believed that the young boy fell in the river whilst playing. No bite marks were found on the young boy's body.
Image Courtesy of Pexels
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