An unidentified man leapt from the main bridge over the Tárcoles River, near Costa Rica's central Pacific coast, on Tuesday evening at approximately 5:20 p.m. in what is believed to be a suicide, Jim Batres, assistant director for the Costa Rican Red Cross, told
The Tico Times.
© Lindsay Fendt/The Tico TimesA crocodile slithers into the water from the muddy bank of a Costa Rican river. For illustrative purposes only.
After falling into the water, the man reportedly was eaten by the river's famously abundant crocodiles.
Citing the testimonies of unidentified witnesses at the scene, Batres said the man had been causing a disturbance on the bridge earlier in the evening and was removed by police. He then went to a bar before returning to the bridge and leaping into the river.
Batres said the man's identity could not immediately be confirmed, and members of a Red Cross search team were unable to recover the body as of 7:50 p.m. Tuesday night.
A
conflicting report in the daily
La Nación said the victim did not jump from the bridge, but tried to swim in the river from the shore when he was attacked by a crocodile and disappeared.
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