A Shaman Said He Was Protected In Croc-Infested Waters. Then He Got Dragged Under.

Would you willingly swim with crocodiles if you believed magical powers would keep you safe?

Unfortunately for one self-proclaimed shaman in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia, his faith that he’d remain untouched in crocodile-infested waters didn’t exactly pan out, ending in his untimely death.

The man, named Suprianto, had reportedly been looking for the body of a teenager who’d been killed by one of the creatures in Muara Jawa estuary the day before.

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He claimed his “powers” would keep him safe from being attacked as well…

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…but he turned out to be very, very wrong when one of them dragged him underwater.

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Suprianto was ultimately killed, and police recovered both his body — which was still intact — and that of the missing boy on September 17. What a terrible way to go.