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Goonch: Human-remains devouring catfish from India.

Why aren't there any Satanic animals native to America? All the big cats are in Africa and Asia except for the impossible-to-get-killed-by Cougar, army ants and killer bees immigrated from Central America, the occasional giant anaconda that comes up in the Keys was released by a pet-owner who had more snake than they could handle. Even the crocodile is elsewhere, all we've got is the lazy, human-fearing alligator that rarely even gets large enough to consume people.

But ten seconds after you land in southeast Asia or Africa you are susceptible to an endless array of deadly, exotic, and brightly colored animals bent on killing you.

For example, in Africa you could get malaria, ebola, Hanta virus, be trampled by a hippo or buffalo, gored by a rhino, eaten by a lion, dissected and parted out by ants, your bones could be gnawed away by hyenas. To escape the lion you might run into the water, where a strange little fish would swim up your urethra and implant itself there, then piranhas could eat your legs, parasites could burrow through your skin and if you got any water in your mouth, you're almost guaranteed to get a tapeworm or something worse.

But the animals are really taking it to a new level in Southeast Asia. Normally, catfish are medium to large gamefish that taste great and are my favorite fish to catch. But a large (180 lbs, 7 foot long) species has apparently been eating bathers. The theory in India is that along a certain stretch of river, the natives will cast their dead loved ones out into the river as part of a funeral pyre. The pyre (and loved one) eventually sinks, and it is believed the "goonch" along this stretch of river has developed quite a niche for itself consuming burnt corpses.
Now live people are getting dragged under. This type of thing never happens in America.

At first I was extremely skeptical. I have held 70+ lb catfish in my arms on several occasions and am well aware of the fact that the creature was every bit as strong as I was. But catfish are mortally afraid of humans. Further, catfish mouths are filled with tiny, sandpaper like teeth that are only good for hanging on to prey until it can suck them down into its mouth. I have never felt the slightest bit of fear about catfish when I was in the rivers of Missouri, home of North America's largest catfish, the blue cat. The only scare thing in N.A. waters is the alligator gar.

But then I looked up what a Goonch looks like and let me tell you, I am a believer. See for yourself, and STAY OUT OF INDIA. Image1 Image 2 Image 3