crocodile. The largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria in Uganda, is home to a 75-year-old crocodile called Osama, named after the terrorist behind the 9/11 attack, who has killed and eaten 80 people.
The 16ft-long killer croc terrorised locals in Luganga for years. Between 1991 to 2005 Osama went through a particularly ruthless spell, where he wiped out a tenth of the village's population.
Stories would circulate about how the croc snatched children filling buckets of water by the shore of the lake, or swim beneath fishing boats and deliberately capsize them, the Daily Star reported.
Villagers believed Osama was immortal while others were convinced he was Satan himself.One man witnessed - and survived - an attack by the fearsome reptile, but.
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