Gabriel Batista Missing In Flood — Found
Inside Crocodile With 6 Pairs Of Shoes
Dallas Express,
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Staff
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Posted By: konocti95,
5/4/2026 6:16:44 PM
Police in South Africa shot and airlifted a crocodile suspected of consuming a 59-year-old businessman who was swept into floodwaters, authorities said.
When the reptile was sliced open on the ground, human remains believed to be those of Gabriel Batista were recovered, along with his ring and six other pairs of shoes that may belong to additional victims. Batista reportedly attempted to drive across a flooded bridge on Monday to reach his hotel and bar when his vehicle was swept away. He was carried down the river where crocodiles were present. It remains unclear whether he drowned before being eaten, as reported by Collin Rugg on X.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
konocti95 5/4/2026 6:18:01 PM (No. 2100535)
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/4/2026 6:29:31 PM (No. 2100544)
Hate it when that happens.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 5/4/2026 6:40:51 PM (No. 2100545)
No Happy Hour at that bar.
That's very sad what happened, but people need to be aware of the environment
where apex predators thrive.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 5/4/2026 7:07:57 PM (No. 2100551)
Re-watch Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doomin the last act when Indy cut the rope bridge and the henchmen fall into the river. UBER Eats indeed,
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
seal010101 5/4/2026 7:21:16 PM (No. 2100555)
A bridge too far…
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/4/2026 7:29:40 PM (No. 2100559)
Ugh!!
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LC Chihuahua 5/4/2026 7:43:27 PM (No. 2100564)
Alligator shoes!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 5/4/2026 7:49:48 PM (No. 2100565)
Karma bites!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
sunset 5/4/2026 8:05:55 PM (No. 2100568)
Crocodile shoes are very expensive
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 5/4/2026 8:24:50 PM (No. 2100575)
Ya'll be careful out there, especially in Africa. When we did our hunting safari in South Africa, we stayed away from the bigger rivers. When we drove through Kruger National Park, we were warned to stay away from the rivers both for crocs and for the deadly hippos. The Disney ridiculous dancing hippos are in no way even remotely related to hippo actual behavior. We handled a hippo skull and the large teeth have a very hard thin outer shell, and a softer interior, and the uppers and lowers rub against each other making a very, very sharp edge on that hard thin layer. and they are about 1.5 to 2" in diameter. Hippos kill more people than any other animal in Africa, but crocs are right in there, too.
Everything in Africa is bigger, meaner, nastier and harder to kill than in North America....thank goodness. When we went on a nature hike in Kruger, two park rangers with loaded elephant rifles escorted us. We saw hippos and elephants feeding 100-200 yards away, and lion tracks on the trail we were on.
Like I said....ya'll be careful out there.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
simpleman 5/4/2026 8:42:51 PM (No. 2100577)
... swear I had to check the date today and story' by-line; if it ain't April Fool figured it had to be the Babalon Bee.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
hershey 5/4/2026 8:45:14 PM (No. 2100578)
That's one hungry croc....
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
seamusm 5/4/2026 9:57:02 PM (No. 2100595)
A shoe collector. Sadly, people usually get in the way.
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NYbob 5/5/2026 1:17:40 AM (No. 2100620)
#10, a reminder to give thanks that being born in the USA is the E-ticket ride. How far and high you go is up to you, not some beast.
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mifla 5/5/2026 3:20:06 AM (No. 2100641)
I hope the poor man drowned in the river. I cannot even imagine the terror of being killed by such a beast.
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JHHolliday 5/5/2026 7:05:31 AM (No. 2100697)
There are several great books about Africa written by Peter Hathaway Capstick. Capstick was a former white hunter in game control there. Really good reads. In one, he describes a big croc that waited for the village women to come to the river to wash clothes and would regularly pick one off for a meal. Capstick staked out a goat and waited in a tree until the croc came for the goat and killed it. 10 feet long or so and when cut open revealed numerous bracelets that the poor women had been wearing. I highly recommend the books. A good look at African dangers.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/5/2026 8:03:59 AM (No. 2100722)
Not the most pleasant way to go but he wasn't given a choice, except when he decided to drive into flood waters.
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