Agusan Marsh Croc Territory shot on Nokia N8

This crudely made video was uploaded from my mobile phone on a night I stayed in the floating community of Lake Mihaba, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. This was my travel inside the beautiful Agusan Marsh the second time around. The following scenes I took were edited and uploaded to youtube from my N8 when I was able to get a signal inside the marshland. We stayed in a floating house with a generator (it was dark so I wasn't sure what I was typing).

This was the community evacuated when a child was beheaded in 2009 from a crocodile attack. Traces of bite marks could be seen from the banca she rode in. After the sensational news and evacuation, the community came back again to live here, because this was the only way of life they know. The shots you see of a golden sunrise in the marshland was the area where the child's body was last retrieved.

This clip was taken several months before the capture of the 21-foot crocodile lurking in the murky depths. I have been told about sightings of the beast with a legendary size many times. But in these waters, there were many of them unimaginable, wary of man.

I had been invited to come back to witness the capture several months later but wasn't able to visit. After a special cage was built and they set up bait, the huge reptile consumed the baits each day but remained elusive until he was finally caught weeks after.

On board a small motorized banca with two helpers who bailed out incoming water from a banca leak, I share with you an idea of how the adventure feels like inside the crocodile territory of Agusan Marsh. Special thanks to the Elorde family who brought me here.

To visit my serious photo gallery, click here:
http://www.pbase.com/jojie_alcantara/agusan_marsh_wildlife_sanctuary

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• mobile video cellphone
• agusan marsh
• jojie alcantara
• mindanao
• bunawan
• philippines
• davao
• crocodile