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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...