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Gustave is a man-eating male Nile crocodile that roams the Ruzizi river and the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi, Africa. Gustave is rumored to have killed as many as 200–300 people. Though the actual number of victims is difficult to verify, he has obtained mythical status and is greatly feared by people in the region.
Sep 7, 2021 · A giant crocodile named Gustave is said to have killed dozens of people in Burundi. His legend continues to haunt the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
- Beth Colman
Jun 12, 2023 · A giant man-eating crocodile, Gustave, has gained its legendary image in East Africa. It has eaten approximately 300 humans in Burundi, terrorizing the residents for decades. (Photo: Pexels/...
Oct 7, 2022 · One of the biggest was a giant Nile crocodile known as Gustave, an animal that stalked the lakes and rivers of Burundi for more than 20 years. The giant reptile was allegedly nearly 20 feet in length, making it one of the largest crocodiles ever recorded in the wild.
- Travis Smola
Dec 15, 2017 · Gustave is the largest crocodile ever seen in Africa. He lives in the waters of Burundi, and has reportedly killed over 300 people in the last 50 years.
Jun 23, 2021 · The monster-size reptile gained notoriety for evading capture even after killing an estimated 300 humans. And now, a picture of a massive crocodile is circulating on social media with the claim that this is Gustave, which had made the banks of Lake Tanganyika its hunting ground.
Sep 9, 2018 · This is the story of Gustave, whose myth might be the only thing larger - and scarier - than he is. The earliest reports of Gustave surfaced in 1987, when villagers on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika reported being attacked by a large, vicious crocodile.
