Shocking video shows a giant crocodile carrying the body of a man across a lake in Mexico, and footage released by a person named Porfirio Ibarra on Thursday shows a handful of terrified onlookers filming the scene on the banks of the stagnant waters of Laguna del Carpentero in Tampico Tamaulipas, according to the New York Post. .

The video footage shows the spectators following the frightening scene while the giant crocodile swims slowly and carries a half-naked person to a body that lost his left arm and foot, while the crocodile fixed its jaw on the right shoulder and the side of the unidentified man’s head. From the photos, it appears that the size of the reptile is at least three times the size of its prey, Which indicates that it could be up to 18 feet long.

“The man supposedly entered the lake to swim and was attacked by the animal,” wrote Ibarra, a local magazine editor who also works for the Associated Press. from the water and protected the crocodile”.

The crocodile carrying the corpse

“In that lake, it is expressly forbidden to swim,” the local journalist wrote, as local journalists said, that the unidentified victim was apparently swimming in the lake despite warnings of the danger.