Nearly seven months after a crocodile attack almost took her life, Munirpa walked to the estuary outside her home with her husband and her children, ready to brave a reenactment. Munirpa, who like many Indonesians only uses one name, recounted how one early morning in August, she threw her household garbage into a creek about 50 meters (164 feet) away from her house, as she normally would. She didn’t see what was coming next.

Tarigan, E., & Alangkara, D. (2025, March 18). The river of fear: Indonesian villages on edge as crocodile attacks increase. BusinessMirror, p. A17.