Could catfish really grow big enough to consume buffalo and people whole?
British biologist Jeremy Wade volunteered to capture the perpetrator. Though originally skeptical of the truth behind the attacks, he later became intrigued because the attacks only occurred in a specific area spanning 4-5 miles. He was told by the villagers that the creature likely developed a taste for human flesh and had grown large after eating half burnt human remains discarded from funeral pyres on the river banks. After examining the water where Bahada had disappeared with a depth sounder, Wade discounted the possibility of the boy having been dragged by a whirlpool, as the attacks all occurred in areas without turbulence. Later, a kilometer away, a Domestic water buffalo was reportedly dragged underwater by a strange animal whilst drinking in water only one meter deep. Wade theorised that the creature would have had to have weighed 200-300 lbs in order to do so. Goonch catfish (Bagarius yarelli)All three species of sympatric crocodile were dismissed; Saltwater crocodiles were n
