Victim of crocodile attack was swimming in area where crocs are common Guides warned that there were crocodiles in the area
Published on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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The woman who was attacked by a crocodile near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, on Sunday was swimming in an area known to be a danger zone for its large crocodile population.
Backpackers Melissa Laurie, 28, and twin sister Georgia Laurie, from Berkshire, UK, were on a night tour on Manialtepec Lagoon to view the spectacle of bioluminescence in the water.
The sisters and 23 other tourists were taken by boat at sunset to Puerto Suelo beach where, contrary to an earlier report, guides told them that there were crocodiles present, reported the local news portal
Melissa Laurie, 28, from Berkshire, was dragged underwater by the ten-foot-long reptile that attacked her and sister Georgia as they swam in a lagoon in Mexico.