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...Night Seven: Lever announces he is off to Bali but promises to return: "Now it is a personal challenge." A local solon announces he may try his hand at the croc, claiming to have expertise?"because we work with them every day in the legislature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hunting | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...Night Two: Lever's plan is to stun the crocodile with a flashlight at night and then grab it. He manages to spot the croc twice and even touch it. But his boat's propeller gets tangled with plastic bags, and a crowd of 500 onlookers and media people?many with cameras and flashlights of their own?scares the animal away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hunting | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...Night Three: The crowd swells to 1,000. Lever spots the croc and heaves his personally designed, nonlethal bamboo harpoon. He misses. He then shines his flashlight over the water and thinks he catches the red reflection of the croc's eyes. He's mistaken: they are bobbing Coke cans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hunting | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...Four: Lever again readies his harpoon but realizes he has the wrong target: "It was the biggest rat I've ever seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hunting | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...Night Six: The animal doesn't surface. "You can't catch a crocodile," Lever says philosophically, "if you can't find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hunting | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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