This archive report was first published on 3 August 2020.
On Friday, a 14-year-old boy named Ricky Ganya was collecting snails with his family at a riverbank in Kuching, Malaysia. A 14-foot crocodile leapt out of the water and clamped its jaws around the boy's foot, dragging him underwater.
Despite a desperate search by emergency services, the boy was not found until four days later when the crocodile was trapped using a chicken as bait. Locals then cut open the reptile's stomach and found clothes belonging to Ricky as well as several human remains.
According to an officer from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Operations Center, the crocodile was pulled onto the shore where its stomach was checked. Sadly, there were human remains inside and these were identified as belonging to the missing teenager.
The boy's remains were taken home by the family for him to be given a funeral in their village.
