Crocodile attack - Cancun Club Med Lagoon

[Anonymous]

https://mexicodailypost.com/2021/06/20/minor-attacked-by-a-crocodile-in-cancun-loses-his-leg/

A child was attacked by a crocodile in a lagoon at the Cancun Club Med, and the child lost a leg. Beware of any fresh water swimming in Mexico.
A fb group that I am in discussed a separate crocodile attack at this resort in summer 2021.

[Anonymous]

Never swim in freshwater that far south.

[Anonymous]

I don't think he was swimming, it sounds like the crocodile crawled out, grabbed him and tried to pull him into the water.

[Anonymous]

That's super scary. If I were there, I could see not even thinking about it much.

[Anonymous]

The property actually has signs warning people of the crocodiles in the lagoon. One of the incidents reported the child actually jumped into the lagoon and that’s how they were bit. It looks like the second incident they were walking close to the lagoon and got dragged in.

https://mexicodailypost.com/2021/06/23/cancun-hotel-where-crocodile-attacked-minor-could-be-shut-down/?amp

[Anonymous]

Mexico is so sketchy, yet people on DCUM love to rave about it. Between the shootings, the tainted alcohol, and other mysterious deaths, NO THANKS. So many better places to go, I don't care how cheap Mexico is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think he was swimming, it sounds like the crocodile crawled out, grabbed him and tried to pull him into the water.

This is how crocodiles hunt. They drag their prey into the water to drown them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The property actually has signs warning people of the crocodiles in the lagoon. One of the incidents reported the child actually jumped into the lagoon and that’s how they were bit. It looks like the second incident they were walking close to the lagoon and got dragged in.

https://mexicodailypost.com/2021/06/23/cancun-hotel-where-crocodile-attacked-minor-could-be-shut-down/?amp

Huh. When I was there years ago this is where we water skiied every day. Is that no longer the case?

[Anonymous]

There was another crocodile attack on a young girl in Puerto Vallarta in July. https://mexicodailypost.com/2021/07/29/crocodile-attacked-american-tourist-at-the-marriott-puerto-vallarta/?amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The property actually has signs warning people of the crocodiles in the lagoon. One of the incidents reported the child actually jumped into the lagoon and that’s how they were bit. It looks like the second incident they were walking close to the lagoon and got dragged in.

https://mexicodailypost.com/2021/06/23/cancun-hotel-where-crocodile-attacked-minor-could-be-shut-down/?amp

Huh. When I was there years ago this is where we water skiied every day. Is that no longer the case?

You likely did not water ski on the lagoon! There’s several different bodies of water there. The lagoon has the signs although it is not fenced off.

[Anonymous]

^ “The Nichupté Lagoon is a protected ecological sanctuary and is home to many forms of wildlife, including fish, neognate birds, and crocodiles.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mexico is so sketchy, yet people on DCUM love to rave about it. Between the shootings, the tainted alcohol, and other mysterious deaths, NO THANKS. So many better places to go, I don't care how cheap Mexico is.

You know Mexico is an entire country, right?

[Anonymous]

Last time we were at the lagoon we were enjoying langostas at Lorenzillo’s, seated right over the water where the crocodiles underneath for scraps were part of the show. Why would any child be anywhere near there?! Not surprising it didn’t end well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mexico is so sketchy, yet people on DCUM love to rave about it. Between the shootings, the tainted alcohol, and other mysterious deaths, NO THANKS. So many better places to go, I don't care how cheap Mexico is.

Not nice. Have fun vacationing in Kansas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mexico is so sketchy, yet people on DCUM love to rave about it. Between the shootings, the tainted alcohol, and other mysterious deaths, NO THANKS. So many better places to go, I don't care how cheap Mexico is.

Not nice. Have fun vacationing in Kansas.

There is a lot of Caribbean that is neither Mexico nor Kansas. But enjoy your tainted alcohol and corrupt law enforcement in Mexico!