A teenager savaged by a crocodile while he was out fishing with his friends had his head and arms ripped from his body in the terrifying attack.
Farjan Idham, 15, was with several classmates hunting for fish when he rested on a log at Lake Tolire in Ternate City, Indonesia on August 2.
The predator pounced and dragged him underwater before he or his friends could react.
His friends attempted to reach him but were beaten away by the croc’s tale and retreated to the shoreline for fear they were next on the menu.
Authorities immediately carried out a search and rescue operation, which lasted for three days despite the boy's body being seen floating around the lake.
Officials cited the presence of crocodiles near his corpse, and the lake's steep cliffs as the causes for the delay.
They said one crocodile kept appearing next to the body and pushing it around the lake.
Ternate Search and Rescue Agency head Fathur Rahman said in an interview with local media:
“The victim's body has not been evacuated even though it has been seen appearing on the surface of the water because it is still being carried by crocodiles into the middle of the lake.”
Officers finally pulled out Farjan's body on August 4.
Rahman revealed both of his arms had been torn off, while his head had almost been severed from his neck.
Farjan's remains were taken to a funeral home before being turned over to his family.
Lake Tolire has been temporarily closed to tourists following the tragic incident.
The Indonesian archipelago is home to 14 types of crocs - with a large population of extremely large and violent estuarine crocodiles that flourish in the region's climate.
Conservation officials blame habitat degradation due to blast fishing and the conversion of coastal areas into farms for driving the creatures out of the wild and closer to villages.
With locals in the developing country still using rivers for bathing and primitive fishing, the combination of factors has caused a 'perfect storm' and a rise in the number of crocodile attacks on humans.
Over the weekend it was reported a tropical tourist beach was deemed too dangerous for visitors after a tourist was savagely killed by a crocodile .
Night-time swimming has also been discouraged at the idyllic Andaman Islands in the Bay Of Bengal in the Indian Ocean, around 80 miles off the coast of Burma.
Each year the place sees thousands of visitors flock to its capital, Port Blair, before heading off island hopping in search of white sands, turquoise seas and turtles.
One popular location is Swaraj, called Havelock until 2018, where one of the islands key attractions at one point was being able to swim with an elephant.
However, its Number 7 Beach has a much more threatening animal living close by.
In April, 2010 a US tourist was killed by a crocodile while swimming in a cove there.
Lauren Failla, 25, had not long finished studying a master's degree in London and was snorkelling with her travel partner, Jito Chadha, one afternoon when the crocodile attacked her.