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A giant mutant fish is believed to be targeting swimmers in an Indian river after developing a taste for human flesh.
The goonch, a huge type of catfish, is believed to have been feeding on corpses thrown into the Great Kali after funeral ceremonies.
Locals have believed for years that a mysterious monster lurks in the water, but now they think it has moved on from scavenging to attacking swimmers venturing into the river, along the India-Nepal border.
The mysterious creature has been investigated by biologist Jeremy Wade for a TV documentary to be shown on Five.
He said: 'The locals have told me of a theory that this monster has grown extra large on a diet of partially burnt corpses.
'It has perhaps got this taste for flesh by feasting on the remains of funeral pyres.
'There will be a few freak individuals that grow bigger than the other ones and if you throw in extra food, they will grow even bigger.'
Mr Wade caught a goonch which topped the scales at 161lb and was nearly 6ft long - a world weight for the species.
He said: 'If that got hold of you, there would be no getting away.'
This photo of Jeremy wade with the goonch he caught belongs to the Dailymail.
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A giant mutant fish is believed to be targeting swimmers in an Indian river after developing a taste for human flesh.
The goonch, a huge type of catfish, is believed to have been feeding on corpses thrown into the Great Kali after funeral ceremonies.
Locals have believed for years that a mysterious monster lurks in the water, but now they think it has moved on from scavenging to attacking swimmers venturing into the river, along the India-Nepal border.
The mysterious creature has been investigated by biologist Jeremy Wade for a TV documentary to be shown on Five.
He said: 'The locals have told me of a theory that this monster has grown extra large on a diet of partially burnt corpses.
'It has perhaps got this taste for flesh by feasting on the remains of funeral pyres.
'There will be a few freak individuals that grow bigger than the other ones and if you throw in extra food, they will grow even bigger.'
Mr Wade caught a goonch which topped the scales at 161lb and was nearly 6ft long - a world weight for the species.
He said: 'If that got hold of you, there would be no getting away.'
This photo of Jeremy wade with the goonch he caught belongs to the Dailymail.
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