This is not good.
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I heard somewhere that the State Department had a list of countries that could become “failed states”. Mexico was in the top 5 behind the likes of Afghanistan and Pakistan! A failed state on our border…Awesome!
UPDATE: I forwarded to a friend who is down there and very much “in the know”:
Was at the Casa Blanca office today. Heard he was eaten by a croc while walking along the mangroves insearch for bones. Ive seen some big ones down there. All apart of the adventure boys. Thats what happens when you go DIY with no clue what the hell your doing.
His response:
“All the locals all say croc attack, but not saying it because they dont want too much media coverage (drug trafficing from Belize) and fisherman turning away. “
Who knows?
Poor guy, probably never knew it was coming.
My uncle owns a place and there are a bunch of gators in the lake.
I’m gonna say that was one of these:
Morelet’s Crocodile
Crocodylus moreletiiDiet: Snails, mud turtles, small mammals, catfish. Juveniles eat insects, snails, slugs, and other small animals.
Habitat: Mostly freshwater areas, sometimes brackish water around coastal areas
Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico
Conservation: Hunters seeking their high-quality skin drastically depleted the population mid-century.
Size: 10-11.5 feet
While Morelet’s is certainly a possibility, don’t overlook the American (Saltwater) Crocodile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_crocodile
Size
Newborn hatchlings are about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) in size and about 60 grams (0.13 lb) in mass.[7][8] The average is 4 metres (13 ft) long and weighs 382 kilograms (840 lb) in males, and 3 metres (9.8 ft) and 173 kilograms (380 lb) in females.[9][10]
In the Tárcoles River in Costa Rica there are dozens of 5 meter and possibly even 6 meter individuals that frequent bridge crossings (where they are fed daily, which may have helped them reach such consistently large sizes) and are a popular tourist attraction. The Sirena River and the adjacent Laguna Corcovado within Corcovado National Park are also home to many 4 and 5 meter individuals (and possible 6 meter behemoths), as is the lagoon near the park entrance in Carate. In the United States adult length has been recorded as high as 4.6 metres (15 ft).[7][11] This species is said to grow largest in the South American river basins, but even old males do not generally exceed 6 metres (20 ft).[12][11] A skull of this species was found to measure 72.6 centimetres (28.6 in) and is estimated to have belonged to a crocodile of 6.6 metres (22 ft) in length.[13] Large, mature males regularly weigh about 400-500 kg (882-1102 lb), with the 6 meter+ individuals surpassing 1000 kg (2,204 lb).[14]
American crocodile prey can range in size from the insects taken by young crocodiles to cattle taken by large adults and includes birds, mammals, fish, turtles, crabs, snails, frogs, and occasionally carrion.[10][15] Full grown adult males of this species have no natural predators and are capable of preying on virtually any animal unfortunate enough to be at the waters edge, although even at immense sizes fish still make up the vast majority of the crocodile’s diet.
C. acutus is the most widespread of the four extant species of crocodilians from the Americas.[1] It inhabits waters such as mangrove swamps, river mouths, fresh waters, and salt lakes and can even be found at sea (hence its wide distribution on the Caribbean islands).[2] Southern Florida, the Greater Antilles and southern Mexico to Colombia and Ecuador.[7][15] The American crocodile is especially plentiful in Costa Rica.[16] One of the largest documented populations of American crocodiles is in Lago Enriquillo, a landlocked, hypersaline lake in the Dominican Republic.[10] The species has also been recorded from Jamaica.[17]
American crocodiles in the United States cohabit with the American alligator, and are primarily found in Everglades National Park, Florida Bay, Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys from Miami southward.[6][8] A sizable population occurs near Homestead, Florida, at the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station.[8][18][19] Some individuals wander northward to warm summer waters and have been sighted in Sarasota County and Palm Beach County.[7](emphasis added).
First salty ever spotted on a Belize trip (and this was, between my buddy and me, our 5th trip) two weeks ago.
The plot thickens — more correspondence from mi amigos:
I had heard about a missing man th eother day from Bobby. So today when I was checking the news to see any updates I found out that I actualy know the guy. I took him tarpon fishing last year in South Padre. I recommended that he go to Xcalak and stay with you guys. Whats the word on that down there. Where was he staying? Where did he disappear? Was it by the old old ferry dock?
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small world,
he was staying at tierra maya, with 3 other guys, and they took off by themselves, and yes, parked the car near the ferry dock and walked in…he went on by himself and never came back,
no ranson
no buzzards
no signs of struggle
no shoes/clothes/rods…
no nada
and he was a big man.
they looked to three days, helicopters…the works
and then his buds went back to fishing????we think he had some problems to make go away,
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