- The man was attempting to use his ‘powers’ to locate the body of another victim
- Witnesses had told shaman Suprianto of the previous day’s reptile attack
- So he swam into the Muara Jawa in Kalimantan, Indonesia, and began to chant
- But gruesome footage shows him being dragged under while swimming
- This was the region’s third attack since July and fourth reptile attack this year
This is the moment a man claiming to have supernatural control over crocodiles died after one of the reptiles appeared to drag the shaman under water.
Suprianto died after the suspected crocodile attach in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia, despite calling himself a pawang buaya.
He swims into the waters in Kartanegara looking for the body of a man called Arjuna.
Witnesses reported he had also been attacked by crocodiles while bathing in the Muara Jawa estuary on Friday, Coconuts reports.
But Suprianto was dragged under mid-mantra as he was swimming and chanting.
Police recovered both bodies on Sunday, with Kutai Kartanegara Police Chief Fadillah Zulkarnaen telling Detik news site that Suprianto was found floating at 9.40pm.
The Shaman began chanting as he made his way through the water to locate another body
After entering the lake, he made his way further out into the water convinced he was immune from the crocodiles
Witnesses watched as he swam farther out into the lake believing he had powers to protect him from reptiles suspected of killing another man
But he was suddenly dragged under in the suspected crocodile attack and police recovered both bodies the next day
‘I think he was dragged by a croc under the water and then ran out of oxygen.
‘From the pictures I’ve seen, his body is still intact, his arms and legs are still there.’
Arjuna’s corpse was also intact.
The gruesome incidents follow an attack in Kalimantan this summer, and the second one involving a shaman.
A crocodile killed a man in July after reportedly answering the shaman’s call, even though he hadn’t gone into the water.
And a giant python swallowed a man while in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, just four months before.