Odd
British man catches flesh-eating catfish
Published Friday, Oct 10 2008, 12:24 BST | By Simon Reynolds
British angler Jeremy Wade has caught a six-foot, flesh-eating catfish in the Great Kali River.
The stretch of water, between India and Nepal, is used to dispose of human bodies after Hindu funerals.
Locals believe that the fish, known as a goonch, developed a taste for flesh and had started pursuing live humans. It is thought to have been responsible for the disappearance of an 18-year-old Nepli last year.
Wade said: "If that got hold of you, there would be no getting away."
He added: "The locals have told me of a theory that this monster has grown extra large on a diet of partially-burnt corpses. It has perhaps got this taste for flesh by feasting on remains of funeral pyres."
The stretch of water, between India and Nepal, is used to dispose of human bodies after Hindu funerals.
Locals believe that the fish, known as a goonch, developed a taste for flesh and had started pursuing live humans. It is thought to have been responsible for the disappearance of an 18-year-old Nepli last year.
Wade said: "If that got hold of you, there would be no getting away."
He added: "The locals have told me of a theory that this monster has grown extra large on a diet of partially-burnt corpses. It has perhaps got this taste for flesh by feasting on remains of funeral pyres."
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