What a snap! Moment alligator leaps out of Brazilian river and devours nosy fisherman’s drone in mid-flight
- Luciano Souza was recording two alligators on a river in Tocantins, Brazil, when one of the reptiles jumped out the water and snatched his drone
- The 47-year-old fishing enthusiast told Brazilian news outlet G1 he spotted the gators with a drone he was testing for the first time after buying it in 2020
- Souza decided to fly back to the spot where he first saw the alligators and left the drone hovering above an alligator
- The reptile is spotted in the video staring at the drone for several seconds and then leaps from the river and traps the remote control aircraft and swam away
- Souza joked about buying another drone for a future trip to chase down more alligators
This is the moment a fisherman tried out his drone for the very first time before it was suddenly destroyed by an alligator in a river in central Brazil.
Luciano Souza, 47, told Brazilian news outlet G1 had paid almost $1,300 for his gadget in 2020 and had planned to use it last year on his annual friends fishing trip, which was unfortunately postponed because he had contracted COVID-19.
The Rio de Janeiro resident was excited as he finally got to test the aerial vehicle last Friday across the Javaés River in the state of Tocantins.
He got a quick beginner’s lesson on how to operate the drone and guided it several feet over the river when he spotted the large reptiles.
‘The alligator went up very high. I had no reaction at the time,’ Souza said. ‘He was very fast. Only those who saw it have an idea.’
Drone footage recorded by Brazilian fishing enthusiast Luciano Souza captured a large alligator jumping out from under the Javaés River in the state of Tocantins before it grabbed the 47-year-old’s drone that he was using to document a friend’s fishing outing last Friday
Luciano Souza told Brazilian news outlet G1 that he had purchased the drone for almost $1,300 two years ago and had planned to use it last year for the first time on a friends fishing trip before he contracted the coronavirus. The Rio de Janeiro resident decided to use it last week and lost it when an alligator jumped out of the Javaés River in the state of Tocantins and snatched the drone as it was in mid-flight
Souza was a bit more curious about the alligators and decided to fly the drone back to record them a bit more.
The amazing video footage shows the alligator sticking its head slightly over the water and set its eyes on the drone.
A couple of seconds eclipsed before the gator jumped out of the river snatched the drone while it was in mid-flight.
‘When he went up, he smashed the drone and made a noise. You can see that it stopped filming in his mouth, when it hit it was very fast,’ Souza said. ‘I couldn’t believe it happened. He went up almost two meters (two feet and a half). I didn’t react, but it’s ok.’
Luciano recalled being curious about the alligators he had spotted and decided to fly his drone back to the spot where they were swimming before one of the gators jumped out about ‘six and half feet’ in the air and grabbed the drone
The alligators stares down Luciano Souza’s drone before it jumped out of the river and snatched it away
The drone’s camera capture the manned aircrafts last moments before it was devoured by an alligator in the Javaés River in Tocantins, Brazil
Souza and his fishing buddies were able to chase down the alligator, but were unable to get the mangled drone back because it was still in its mouth.
He’s considering purchasing a new drone for his future fishing outings.
‘I’m going to try to buy another one, run after another (alligator),’ he said.
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