Life is Bizarre

Read in one of the Malay papers this morning that some poor kid in Indonesia was killed by... get this... a Komodo dragon.

The eight year old boy went into the shrubs to do his business, and suddenly this big lizard rushes up, bites him on the hip (according to the paper lah. 'Pinggang' probably sounds better than 'buntut'), shakes him from side to side and probably tried to eat him.

His fisherman uncle saw what happened and started throwing rocks at the reptile. It let go and the boy managed to make a dash for it. Unfortunately, he died from blood loss later.

How bizarre is that???

There hadn't been any death by Komodo dragons in 33 years, according to the article.

And it was reported that Komodo attacks on humans were rare. The locals thought it was probably because there was a shortage on the island of the lizards' usual prey.

So there he was, this skinny 8 year old kid, running around his fishing village where Komodo sightings were probably a common occurence. He decides to take a dump, goes into the jungle (which is probably a regular occurence too), squats there in the bushes, minding his own business (literally and metaphorically), and he gets this big CHOMP on his naked ass by some large scaly lizard with sharp teeth and a slimy mouth. And half an hour later, he died, just like that!

Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Poor kid. What a way to go.