A woman has been dragged into a river by a crocodile that then took off with her half-eaten remains in its jaws. Soudamini Mahala, believed to be in her late 50s, had been washing in the Kharasrota River in Odisha, India, on Monday when the beast lunged at her. The Times of Indiareports the killer was a saltwater crocodile, the world’s largest reptile, capable of growing to 20 feet in length. Cops said villagers scrambled to save her, but there was nothing they could do. Authorities have now retrieved her remains, but not before the croc paraded them through the water. Eyewitnesses captured the horror on camera. “The woman was taking a bath in the Kharasrota river around 4 p.m. on Monday. A crocodile dragged her into the high stream of the river. Villagers present on the riverbank tried to chase the reptile but failed to rescue her,” police said, according to The Daily Mail. The Times reports assistant conservator, Santosh Kumar Pati, said: “We have seized the body and sent it to the government hospital in Jajpur for an autopsy. The forest department will soon provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh ($11,200) to the family members.”
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