21 ft. 1-ton Crocodile captured...ALIVE!

[Atomic Fiend]

Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde said dozens of villagers and experts ensnared the 21-foot (6.4-meter) male crocodile along a creek in Bunawan township in Agusan del Sur province after a three-week hunt. It could be one of the largest crocodiles to be captured alive in recent years, he said, quoting local crocodile experts.

"We were nervous but it's our duty to deal with a threat to the villagers," Elorde told The Associated Press by telephone. "When I finally stood before it, I couldn't believe my eyes."

About 100 people had to pull the crocodile, which weighs about 2,370 pounds (1,075 kilograms), from the creek to a clearing where a crane lifted it into a truck, he said...[Cont]

SMILE!
http://news.yahoo.com/giant-crocodile-captured-alive-philippines-134625838.html

According to a vid on the article one of the villagers brother was eaten by this thing.

 

[Giggly]

I saw that the other day. It's as big as a car! I bet they were scared to death reeling that thing in.
Sad that his brother was eaten.

 

[violet_crown]

Absolutely incredible. I bet it was pretty old too.

 

[swordpath]

Big boy.

 

[Qlip]

This is way cooler than those chupacabra sighting articles that one dude keeps putting up on FB.

 

[AOA]

That's incredible.