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Peter Beard's self-portrait in the mouth of a crocodile, Kubi Fora, 1965 According to The Peter Beard Studio, Beard is no longer printing this image. It was last printed in May 2004. While studying the population dynamics of the African crocodile -- a collaboration which led to the publication Eyelids of Morning (Chronicle, 1990) -- Beard and scientist Alistair Graham shot this 15 feet 4 inch crocodile at Koobi Fora (Lake Rudolph). While waiting for a plane to arrive the next day, Beard asked Graham to take a picture of him, writing in his 1966 diary, in the giant animal's mouth. Unluckily for Beard, the crocodile went into rigor mortis and twisted Beard's leg. Despite the incident, Beard successfully created this now beloved self-portrait. Peter Beard would do anything for a dramatic picture.  The wild wildlife photographer — who was found dead in 2020 near his home in Montauk at the age of 82 — chased rhinos and lions and dove into croc-infested waters. He collected hundr...

Woman Missing For Months Found Dead With Corpse Hanging On A Tree A woman who was missing since about four months, was found hanging on a tree  in an apparent suicide along Ankpa road in Kogi State. Her decaying body was reportedly discovered in a bush on Wednesday, Jan 11, 2017 A woman who was declared missing has been found dead hanging on a tree.. read story  According to a Facebook user named Jonathan Ugwu, the dangling carcass is that of a woman who was missing since about four months. A Facebook user, Jonathan Ugwu, took to his Facebook wall to share very graphic photos of an unidentified carcass of a woman who committed suicide in a bush along Ankpa Road, Ayangba, Kogi State, months after going missing .. He wrote; This Igbo woman got missing since about four months, today she was found like this along Ankpa Rd. Why would one commit suicide? Who takes the blame :society, fam Ugwu said she was found hanging on a tree in an apparent suicide along Ankpa road in Kogi state....

Giant Crocodile Carries Naked Dead Man Through Mexican Lagoon (graphic Video) Tourists gathered on a platform for watching turtles and other creatures at the Laguna del Carpintero in the northeastern Mexico state of Tamaulipas were recently shocked when a giant crocodile swam across, dragging along a lifeless man’s body in its jaws. The crocodile had earlier attacked and killed the man after he ignored warnings not to go swimming in the lagoon due to the presence of reptiles. The visitors were catching fun watching turtles swim on Thursday, 18 August when they were greeted by the horrific sight. The deceased was clamped in the crocodile’s jaws as it swam near an observation platform used for watching underwater creatures at the park. Terrified visitors called the police who found that the crocodile had taken the body into a sewer. The crocodile, after it was captured by fire-fighters. Local firefighters joined police efforts and were able to discover the animal and the man beneath a ma...

Rap £d and buried alive, 13-year-old girl in Pakistan survives by digging her way out of shallow grave Reported incident - which police allegedly refused to investigate - is latest in series of sexual assaults on children in the country A 13-year-old girl has survived after she was rap£d and buried alive by two men in Pakistan. The girl was able to dig herself out of a shallow roadside grave once she had been left for dead by her attackers, who believed their sexual assault had killed her. The teenager had been on her way to Koran lessons in the Tobe Tek Singh district of Punjab province when she was abducted by the two men, according to reports from India’s PTI news agency. They took her to a remote place, raped her until she passed out and then buried her. When she had regained consciousness she was able to dig her way to the surface and raise the alarm. The girl’s father then went to the police, but they reportedly refused to cooperate or launch an investigation. The Lahore High Cou...

Some decades ago,  the house below, was the most beautiful house in Voijama Town now Voinjama City in Lofa County. The owner was the richest man to whom  all ran  for supports and assistance.  He was married but due to his wealth and power,  he could sleep with any woman without been questioned. Those who dare to question the self proclaimed Chief were killed, ban from the town or thrown into a common  jail if lucky. He was like a demigod who could order the execution of his subjects with impunity. His subjects were made to praise him even when he was doing the wrong things. He became their hero despite the pains and agony that he subjected them to. This vehicle, which he used at the time, was a cynosure of all eyes. It was like a dream come true when the owner added both house and vehicle to his list of possession. But today, the properties have grown old and in fulfillment of the natural law, it must be dismantled  for a new house to be  develop...

The tribe in Namibia Who Swap Their Wives And Offers Sex To Guests The interesting and unique people of the Himba tribe inspired the character 'Binti' in Nnedi Okorafor's novella trilogy 'Binti'. When a visitor comes knocking, a man shows his approval and pleasure of seeing his guest by giving him the Okujepisa Omukazendu treatment — the wife is given to his guest to spend the night while the husband sleeps in another room. In a case where there is no available room, her husband will sleep outside. This, apparently, reduces jealousy and fosters relationships. The woman has little or no opinion in the decision making. Submission to her husband’s demands come first.... Read story Many fascinating facts about the Himba people, who are also the most photographed tribe in Africa, make it imperative to meet the people of the tribe. Down in the Kunene and Omusati regions of Northern Namibia, are the semi-nomadic people of Ovahimba and Ovazimba tribes. With a population of ...

World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy. A German soldier digs his way out of sand which buried him up to his neck after a shell landed near him during fighting against Allied forces. He became a POW soon after. Quineville, France, June 1944. The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II which involved actions near the German defensive Siegfried Line. This phase spans from the end of the Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord, (25 August 1944) incorporating the German winter counter-offensive through the Ardennes (commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge) and Operation Nordwind (in Alsace and Lorraine) up to the Allies preparing to cross the Rhine in the early months of 1945. This roughly corresponds with the official United States military European Theater of Operations Rhineland and Ardennes-Alsace campaigns. German forces had been routed during the Allied break-out from Normandy. The Allies advanced rapidly against an enemy that...

Leonard Siffleet about to be beheaded with a sword by a Japanese soldier, 1943 A photograph of the Japanese soldier Yasuno Chikao an instant before he strikes off Siffleet’s head was taken from the body of a Japanese casualty later in the war, 1943 A Japanese soldier executes an Australian POW Leonard Siffleet was an Australian Special Forces radio operator, sent on a mission to Papua New Guinea to establish a coast watching station. Read story  In September 1943, his patrol was sent to Japanese-held New Guinea, to recon the Japanese forces stationed there. Siffleet and two other Australian soldiers were captured by local natives friendly to the Japanese and turned over to the Japanese. All three men were interrogated, tortured, and confined for approximately two weeks before being taken down to Aitape Beach on the afternoon of 24 October 1943. Bound and blindfolded, surrounded by Japanese and native onlookers, they were forced to the ground and executed by beheading, on the orders...

The Horrifying Story Of David Parker Ray, The “Toy Box Killer” David Parker Ray, the "Toy Box Killer," is believed to have tortured and killed more than 50 women inside his soundproof trailer. On March 19, 1999, 22-year-old Cynthia Vigil was hooking in a parking lot in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when a man claiming to be an undercover cop told her she was under arrest for solicitation of sex work and put her in the back of his car. The man was David Parker Ray, and he brought Vigil to his nearby soundproof trailer, which he called his “Toy Box.” A box serial killer and torturer David Parker Ray put over a victim's head while he was torturing her. Read story  He then chained her to a table in the trailer. Over the next three days, he raped and tortured Vigil, with help from his girlfriend and accomplice Cindy Hendy. Ray and Hendy used whips, medical and sexual instruments, and electric shocks to torment Vigil. Before her torture, Ray would play a cassette tape with a recordi...

Jaja of Opobo was killed with a cup of tea in 1891 Once on board, a deportation order was served on him. He was illegally tried and convicted in Gold Coast, present-day Ghana, in 1887, and exiled to Saint Vincent in the distant West Indies and to be later relocated to Barbados. His pleas to return to his kingdom were granted in 1891. Unfortunately, he died in Tenerife, en route to Opobo, after being allegedly killed with a cup of tea.  He died a mysterious dead. The story of his death got everyone talking. Died by a tea of cup shocking.7 Once on board, a deportation order was served on him. He was illegally tried and convicted in Gold Coast, present-day Ghana, in 1887, and exiled to Saint Vincent in the distant West Indies and to be later relocated to Barbados. His pleas to return to his kingdom were granted in 1891. Unfortunately, he died in Tenerife, en route to Opobo, after being allegedly poisoned with a cup of tea. After his death, the influence of Opobo died with him After hi...

The Torturers And Murderers Of The Royal Irish Constabulary The mutilated body of Patrick Loughnane, age 29, Volunteer of the Irish Republican Army, tortured to death alongside his younger brother Harry, by the Royal Irish Constabulary, Britain's colonial police force in Ireland, 1920. In 1921, he was captured by the IRA and executed. He is one of 46 policemen killed in Tipperary during the War of Independence. In four bloody years of conflict, almost 500 RIC officers were killed and hundreds more injured. The Soloheadbeg Ambush in 1919 is generally considered to be the start of the guerilla war, but little is ever said about the lives of the two men who died that day...... Read story  In a new book, written by an acting garda sergeant, tribute is paid to some of these men who, before now, were forgotten, confined to the footnotes of the history books. Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Sergeant John Reynolds, who is based at the Garda College in Templemore, said Potter was a “very nice ma...

FBI identifies ‘Lady of the Dunes,’ woman whose mutilated body was found on beach towel The mutilated body of a woman lies on a sand beach in Peñas Blancas river in the Darien section of Panamá. Bad things are happening in the Darien nowadays. It is said that robbers, both, from Colombia and Panama are robbing, raping and sometimes, torturing their victims. Sorry for the graphic image. We need to stop this. FBI identifies ‘Lady of the Dunes,’ woman whose mutilated body was found on beach towel Investigators  revealed the identity of a woman whose mutilated body was found on a beach towel in Provincetown nearly 50 years ago... Read story  Federal, state, and local officials gathered at FBI headquarters in Chelsea, where they identified the oldest, unidentified homicide victim in Massachusetts as 37-year-old Ruth Marie Terry, of Tennessee. “This is, without a doubt, a major break in the investigation that will, hopefully, bring all of us closer to identifying her killer,” said J...

Billionaire Cancer Patient Threw Away Bags Full Of Cash Over Her Sickness (pic) This is a perfect example of health is wealth  This picture was taken in the Harbin Provincial Hospital. A cancer patient carrying a bag full of money asked the doctor to save her life and she has plenty of money to pay him. But the doctor said he cannot do anything as her cancer is in the final stage. What the patience did was so touching and heartbreaking. Read story  The woman was frustrated and threw her money away.  She was so angry and frustrated that she threw the money across the hospital's entire corridor. Shouting "what`s the use of having the money" "what is the use of having the money." "Money cannot buy health, money cannot buy time, money cannot buy life."  It makes great sense to maintain good health while we have time and money CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO .

Polish women led to execution site in a forest near Palmiry village close to Warsaw. Woman in the foreground was identified after the war by her checked coat as Janina Skalska, age 38, miller's wife from Piaseczno. Palmiry, Poland, 1940. The Palmiry Massacres Palmiry has become, as Richard C. Lukas puts it, "one of the most notorious places of mass executions" in Poland. It is also one of the most famous sites of Nazi crimes in Poland. Along with the Katyn Forest, it became a symbol of the martyrdom of the Polish intelligentsia during the Second World War..... Read more In 2011 Polish president Bronisław Komorowski said, "Palmiry is to some extent the Warsaw Katyn." Massacres of Poles had been taking place since the invasion of Poland.   Poles were the first victims of the Germans in Poland from the start of the invasion on September 1, 1939. One of the best-documented cases of these massacres took place on 20–21 June 1940, when 358 members of the Polish politic...

11.6kg Skin Removed From The Body Of A Cosmetic Surgery Patient In Lagos Below are pictures showing 11.6kg of skin which was excised from the lower abdomen and back of a patient at a cosmetic surgery hospital Grandville Medical And Laser in Lagos Today’s story was 11.6kg skin excised from the lower abdomen and back”... Read more  See more photos Skin removal surgery is a procedure in which a surgeon removes excess skin from a person’s body. Some of these procedures come under the banner of plastic surgery. A person may opt to have skin removal surgery after they have lost a significant amount of weight. This is because extensive weight loss can result in excess skin in certain areas. Skin removal surgery often happens on the stomach, abdomen, arms, face, or breasts. In this article, we discuss the various types of skin removal surgery and provide additional useful information. Why might someone want to remove excess skin? Some people may wish to remove excess skin following extreme...

Chinese Bamboo Torture As you probably know, bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on earth. In addition to ancient China, It is true that the Japanese used Chinese Bamboo Torture on POWs during WWII. A torture from Chinese bamboo plantations. This Bamboo used to grow at high speed, with growth up to 3 feet in a day. In such a scenario, the torturers would cut the Bamboo in a patch closest to the roots, thus forming a patch of Bamboo tips. They would then stake the condemned out over the bamboo tips... know more  How it worked: 1. Tips of living bamboo were cut sharp to create a spear. 2. The victim was suspended horizontally above such a patch of bamboo.  read more 1. Tips of living bamboo were cut sharp to create a spear. 2. The victim was suspended horizontally above such a patch of bamboo. 3. The bamboo pierced through the victim's skin and continued to grow through his abdomen, ultimately causing one of the most painful deaths ever inflicted. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE...