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panader0

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63. I was in Tamarindo, Costa Rica two years ago

Tue Jun 5, 2018, 07:14 PM

Jun 2018

A surfer had been bitten by a croc a short while earlier.
When we went across the river to surf to the north, we took a boat, only two bucks.
The crocs didn't go out into the ocean, but came close.
Lots of crocs and iguanas everywhere-- and howler monkeys, and good beer and music.

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Good Grief - Pastor killed by crocodile while baptising [View all] malaise Jun 2018 OP

next time they do this perhaps they won't do the full immersion technique... lapfog_1 Jun 2018 #1

Friends used the bucket of a front loader when exboyfil Jun 2018 #30

Isn't that how catholic priests baptize people? nt Blue_true Jun 2018 #55

I guess the crocodile was doing a little baptising of his own. panader0 Jun 2018 #2

The laws of nature malaise Jun 2018 #4

Mother Nature beats "our Father." Tipperary Jun 2018 #12

Yep, undefeated. Waiting for the next one to step into the ring. nt Blue_true Jun 2018 #57

Ah, the crock may have been doing the Holy Communion thing... magicarpet Jun 2018 #32

Lol treestar Jun 2018 #35

The crocodile god had dibs on his soul... hunter Jun 2018 #48

Surviving relatives of the dinosaurs.. They will always do what is instinctive hlthe2b Jun 2018 #3

Crocodiles are much older than dinosaurs. hunter Jun 2018 #51

movie script writers around the world are feeling inspired after this dembotoz Jun 2018 #5

And I'm sure some of the church members malaise Jun 2018 #7

Lake Abaya is side by side w Lake Chamo...very little land separates them Solly Mack Jun 2018 #6

Yuh think? malaise Jun 2018 #8

Well, to be fair, the uh faithful went along willingly to the croc hole. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #9

On the other hand malaise Jun 2018 #10

Oh, now. I'm trying to be nice. Solly Mack Jun 2018 #13

Except it was Zimbabwe last year jberryhill Jun 2018 #23

Here's the BBC version: moriah Jun 2018 #64

There's a university (and a crocodile farm) in Arba Minch jberryhill Jun 2018 #74

Oh Solly, CrispyQ Jun 2018 #11

The Creole Nature Trail Solly Mack Jun 2018 #14

God's will. God's plan. LakeArenal Jun 2018 #15

one of God's creatures was hungry rurallib Jun 2018 #16

I have spent a few days at the lakes at Arba Minch fishing for Nile Perch DrDan Jun 2018 #17

Wow! malaise Jun 2018 #18

we were in Ethiopia for 2 years - in Addis Ababa DrDan Jun 2018 #19

Lots of Jamaicans live in Ethiopia (mostly Rastas) malaise Jun 2018 #24

it is just a beautiful country DrDan Jun 2018 #47

Haile Selassie man. panader0 Jun 2018 #58

yes - it is a beautiful county - my wife and I arrived there just after he was ousted from power DrDan Jun 2018 #60

I think former Senator Paul Tsongas served in the Peace Corps there in the 60's AdamGG Jun 2018 #59

horseback riding was a popular diversion while we were there mid-to-late 70's DrDan Jun 2018 #62

OH NOES! HIPPOS. pansypoo53219 Jun 2018 #72

Okay, so I gotta ask... jmowreader Jun 2018 #20

Would you want to be malaise Jun 2018 #25

Is it bad that I'm laughing? Ligyron Jun 2018 #21

Didn't this one come and go around a few months ago? jberryhill Jun 2018 #22

But this one is in real media today malaise Jun 2018 #27

So was that one jberryhill Jun 2018 #28

It's a "let's laugh at stupid Africans" story jberryhill Jun 2018 #31

Not where I am malaise Jun 2018 #34

Okay, so let me ask you a question jberryhill Jun 2018 #38

I don't credit snake oil salesmen malaise Jun 2018 #40

Here's a thing that makes you go "huh"? jberryhill Jun 2018 #42

Yep malaise Jun 2018 #43

Does that sort of thing even show up in the news in Jamaica? jberryhill Jun 2018 #45

No - I can't remember hearing one of those here malaise Jun 2018 #46

It would have been me... jberryhill Jun 2018 #49

Our crocs are on the South Coast malaise Jun 2018 #50

In fairness this story has to be set treestar Jun 2018 #36

And here you go... from Australia..... jberryhill Jun 2018 #41

Kind of like the snake handlers treestar Jun 2018 #67

We have crocodiles here malaise Jun 2018 #44

As long as they don't come up those rivers treestar Jun 2018 #66

Good point - when there are major weather events malaise Jun 2018 #68

To be fair, I was laughing at religion, not Africans AdamGG Jun 2018 #61

Same here malaise Jun 2018 #69

And just about every year in the US, mountain lions kill cyclists/runners. Tipperary Jun 2018 #73

It was definitely a crock sarisataka Jun 2018 #33

Oh, I resent your alligation! jberryhill Jun 2018 #39

dammit you beat me to it. LSFL Jun 2018 #54

I heard that if you drink a glass of water before bedtime, it scares off crocs jberryhill Jun 2018 #26

That's sad. NCTraveler Jun 2018 #29

I wondered what happened to the Disney crocs (n/t) PJMcK Jun 2018 #37

Those damned Librul crocs.....they keep trying to destroy Christianity. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #52

Whatta croc! LSFL Jun 2018 #53

LOL malaise Jun 2018 #56

Me too! treestar Jun 2018 #70

I was in Tamarindo, Costa Rica two years ago panader0 Jun 2018 #63

That's on the Pacific side malaise Jun 2018 #71

Sad, must have been horrifying Raine Jun 2018 #65