Woman Recovered from 19-foot Crocodile's Stomach Shortly After Swallowing Her Whole Body in Indonesia

A woman's body was recovered from the stomach of a 19-foot crocodile in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, according to local authorities.

The retrieval of her remains occurred shortly after the massive reptilian swallowed her whole, in another case of an unprovoked crocodile attacks in the Southeast Asian country and other parts of the world.

The 45-year-old victim, whose name is only known as Fatimah, was reportedly fishing in a river in the said Indonesian province when her friends heard her screaming and saw the colossal crocodilian dragging her back into the inland body of water.

It will take a short time before the local police hunt down the wild animal, which led to the recovery of what is left of Fatimah's body.

Other parts of her body, including a severed head, were found in nearby areas from the attack site.

Local sources indicated that they were discarded by the crocodile, leading to a new angle that the person was eaten when she was already dead.

Crocodile Eats Woman's Body

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The Tarakan National SAR Agency stated the police shot the crocodile dead before its body was cut wide open where pieces of the Fatimah's body was found, according to a news article of the Mirror UK as reported on Saturday, July 23.

The gruesome details of the said crocodile attack, which occurred back in June 2020, went viral on social media this weekend as it was found that the recovery was also captured in a video previous report by The Sun.

Information from eyewitnesses said Fatimah was placing food into the waters of Tibi Island in Bulugan Regency during evening hours.

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Search and Recovery Operation

Following the attack, law enforcement and residents in the area started a so-called "search and recovery operation" where they found the victim's head and other body parts a few hours later.

The graphic footage reportedly showed angry villagers opening the croc's stomach, although it has been known that Kalimantan had a notorious reputation of fatal crocodile attacks.

Kalimantan Crocodile Attacks

In recent years, multiple crocodile attacks have occurred across Kalimantan with the following details below:

In February 2022, a 51-year-old man named, Luther, was killed while his friends watched helplessly to save his life during the attack of a 13-foot crocodile in North Kalimantan, according to Naija News. Luther was having a bath along Bebatu River when the animal pounced on him.
In January 2021, an elderly woman lost her arm in a crocodile attack in Central Kalimantan. The incident occurred in a creek in Sampit, Kotawaringin Timur District.
In June 2020, the body of a 37-year-old man named Kamaruddin, resurfaced from the Lop River in North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, following a crocodile attack. The man was killed after a large crocodile dragged him underwater, according to the UK's Metro newspaper

While experts claimed that fatal crocodile attacks are rare, related incident can still occur, especially near lakes, ponds, and rivers where an increased human presence into wildlife territory endangers both species.