The Green Snake Adventure - Chapter Four

It started with a “thump” on the bottom of Sheila, Sherry and George’s boat. They thought they had bumped into a submerged log. The next few minutes were a blur of activity.

Harry’s boat was suddenly lifted almost ten feet in the air and turned on its side. A monstrous 25-foot crocodile had attacked their boat from the bottom of the river. Their boat was quickly sinking in the river. Harry and Lee grabbed at supplies before they slipped off the deck of the boat and into the river. Harry grabbed a machete, his digital camera, and one snake cage. Lee retrieved a 50-foot coil of rope and their satellite cell phone.

They were so focused on saving some of their supplies that Harry and Lee didn’t even notice that the croc had already grabbed both Cafu and Dida at the same time in its jaws and dragged them to the bottom of the river to drown them. Instinctively, Big Daddy dove beneath the surface to try to save them.

The river was carrying Harry and Lee downstream, but within minutes George’s boat was next to them with arms extended to help them aboard. Harry held out his camera and Sheila took it from him. Just as he was giving the snake cage to Sherry, their boat was delivered a deadly blow from beneath the surface.

A second crocodile, almost as big as the first, had rammed their boat from beneath and opened a hole big enough to sink their boat. They were stuck in the middle of the river almost 25 feet from shore with two more 20-foot crocodiles between them and the south shore. These four monstrous crocodiles almost seemed to be working together like a team.

Harry yelled at George to grab what they could safely take with them and swim to the other shore. He and Lee would be close behind. Everyone was in the water swimming for shore, hoping not to be caught by the crocs. Their boat had already disappeared beneath the surface.

Then the crocs started slowly swimming toward them. They dove under the surface, and soon the river was boiling with activity. Eduardo was the first to disappear under the surface, screaming as he was bitten by one of the smaller crocodiles. Next, Roberto was pulled under the surface. That left George, Sheila, Sherry, Harry and Lee still swimming for shore with one croc still lurking under the surface. Then Sherry disappeared.