Primeval January 5, 2007
Posted by rharbour in Uncategorized.trackback
I recently saw a movie trailer for a horror/thriller movie called Primeval. It talks about a serial killer named Gustave who has “killed over 300 people and is still at large”. No other reference is made to who or where he is. I was both confused and interested in this story because I thought I would’ve heard something about this in the news. I searched for this person named Gustave and what I found was very surprising. Gustave actually does exist but he is not human, he is a crocodile.
The cover for the the new film: Primeval
Photo Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Primevalposter.jpg
Gustave lives in Burundi, Africa (near Rwanda) and is considered to be one of the largest freshwater crocodiles in the world. He is 10-12 meters long (32-40 feet) and weighs at least a ton (2,000 pounds). Though this croc is very cool to most people, he is very deadly to those who live in the area.
During mating season Gustave travels very far and on his way will eat 10-20 fishermen and boters at a time. One observer said he saw Gustave eat 17 people in one stretch of the shore. Obviously, people have tried many times to catch if not kill this man-eater, but everyone has failed. He has even been seen teasing people who have set out traps by getting closer and closer to the traps then backing off.
Native of Burundi holding a photo of Gustave.
Photo Credit: AP - Bobby Model – 2005
I don’t know how this movie will turn out, I’m guessing everyone but one person will be eaten by Gustave and the last one gets him (like it happens in all of these movies). Researchers would like to keep Gustave alive for as long as possible to study him, so so I advise you not to go to Burundi, Africa anytime soon because you may be next on Gustave’s list. Hahahahahaha!
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I would have never guessed that a movie would be made about a crocidile. I understand that researchers want to study him, but at the same time people are getting killed.