{"id":18285,"date":"2020-11-28T20:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T20:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=18285"},"modified":"2020-11-28T20:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T20:46:52","slug":"brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo","title":{"rendered":"Brave teens save boy, 10, from crocodile jaws at Lake Baringo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:\u00a0YVONNE CHEPKWONY<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Wednesday, November 25, 2020, is a day Lesabato Tiren would rather forget.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the day the 10-year-old boy had a brush with death after escaping from the jaws of a crocodile at Lake Baringo.<\/p>\n

Tiren, who is recuperating at the Baringo County Hospital, says he is lucky to be alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a normal day for me and my two friends Kemboi Lawaar and Betty Lowaar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had gone to fetch water from Lake Baringo,\u201d said the Grade Two pupil at Meisori Primary School.<\/p>\n

Dragging him<\/p>\n

Narrating his ordeal from the hospital bed, Lesabato recalled how calm the lake was, apart from the waves splashing against the rocks on the shore.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as I was bending to fill my five-litre jerrycan, the reptile grabbed my right hand,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

The crocodile had already sunk its teeth in his tiny hand and started dragging him into the waters.<\/p>\n

His two friends promptly responded by screaming and poking the crocodile with sticks in the nose and mouth.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople heard our screams but by the time they got there, the crocodile loosened its grip on my hand and disappeared into the waters,\u201d Lesabato said.<\/p>\n

People rushed to the scene and evacuated the three to to Marigat sub-County hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cKemboi and Betty were not badly injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were treated at Marigat sub-County Hospital but Lesabato was transferred to the Baringo County Hospital the same evening because his injuries were bad,\u201d said Tiren.<\/p>\n

According to the Peter Lekeren, the Baringo Kenya Wildlife Service warden, the reptile grabbed Lesabato\u2019s right hand and was dragging him into the lake when the other children reacted by screaming and attacking the reptile.<\/p>\n

To combat the crocodile, the children started poking its nose with sticks as they tried to rescue their brother, Lekeren said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crocodile attacked Lesabato on his arm and when Betty saw what was happening, she went to rescue him only to be attacked on the thigh.<\/p>\n

\u201cKemboi also joined in and sustained minor injuries on her right hand,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kemboi, 12, and Betty, 14, screamed and their act of poking the crocodile in the nose scared the reptile away.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo get an animal with the strongest bite to let go of its prey is a miracle,\u201d Lekeren added.<\/p>\n

He noted that cases of human-wildlife conflicts are on the rise in the region.<\/p>\n

Many people have been injured by crocodiles and hippopotamus when they are fishing in the lake that has swelled due to heavy rains in the region.<\/p>\n

He revealed that since January, Baringo County has recorded 38 cases of human-wildlife conflict which have resulted in five deaths. \u201cThese deaths were mostly caused by snakes, crocodiles and hippopotamuses,\u201d Lekeren said.<\/p>\n

Responding well<\/p>\n

Charles Maswai, the medical officer in charge of Baringo County Hospital, said Lesabato was responding well to treatment and was in stable condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was brought here, he was in a bad state, his right upper limb was also dislocated but he is recuperating well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In April this year, the body of a 10-year old boy was retrieved from the jaws of a crocodile in the same lake after he went missing.<\/p>\n

Local divers spotted the crocodile feasting on the decomposing body in the lake a few days after the boy went missing.<\/p>\n

The body was found without the head and some internal organs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Tiren, who is recuperating at the Baringo County Hospital, says he is lucky to be alive. \u201cIt was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[6654,4797],"class_list":["post-18285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-crocodile","tag-lake-baringo"],"yoast_head":"\nBrave teens save boy, 10, from crocodile jaws at Lake Baringo - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wednesday, November 25, 2020, is a day Lesabato Tiren would rather forget.It\u2019s the day the 10-year-old boy had a brush with death\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brave teens save boy, 10, from crocodile jaws at Lake Baringo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wednesday, November 25, 2020, is a day Lesabato Tiren would rather forget.It\u2019s the day the 10-year-old boy had a brush with death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-28T20:46:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/brave_teens_save_boy5fc15c8916a86.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Brave teens save boy, 10, from crocodile jaws at Lake Baringo\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-28T20:46:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo\"},\"wordCount\":567,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/brave_teens_save_boy5fc15c8916a86.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Crocodile\",\"Lake Baringo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/brave-teens-save-boy-10-from-crocodile-jaws-at-lake-baringo\",\"name\":\"Brave teens save boy, 10, from crocodile jaws at Lake Baringo - 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