Ramree Island: Animal House of Horrors or Urban Legend?
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2023
- It isn’t a very big or important place. Not many people live there, either historically or today. It isn’t a tourist destination or a tropical paradise: it doesn’t even appear all that different from the mainland. Under normal circumstances, no one outside of Myanmar would have ever heard of Ramree Island.
But, just like many previously unremarkable places, war came to visit Ramree in 1945, and with it came one of the most horrifyingly gruesome stories in the history of warfare: an entire regiment of Japanese troops disappeared into a jungle swamp, mostly never to be seen again. What killed them was not the British soldiers pursuing them, but by Mother Nature, particularly one of her most dangerous predators: the saltwater crocodile.
The idea of hundreds of soldiers being eaten alive by gigantic beasts leftover from the era of the dinosaurs, what the Guinness Book of World Records called “the deadliest animal attack in human history,” is so horrifying that it defies belief. In fact, many people DON’T believe it: they say the story is impossible, that it is a work of complete fiction.
True or not, the story has defined the outsider’s perspective on Ramree Island ever since, all you have to do is scour the Internet to show that. As for whether or not you believe it, we’ll tell the story, and then you can decide for yourself.
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"Murder logs" LMAO! I shall now refer to all saltwater crocodiles as 'murder logs' from today onward.
Im with ya Karl, the Death Roll is honeslty the scariest part for me.
I don't know whether it happened at all, but 1000 people slogging through 10 miles of chest deep, muck bottomed swamp, it's almost hard to imagine it didn't happen at least a few times.
I had actually never heard of this story before, so I'm glad I heard it right the first time!
Murder log 😂
Please stop saying interim, you’re ours and here for good :)
I don't believe that crocodiles killed japanese troops by the hundreds at ramree, but in that part of the world, I can't imagine how an entire regiment, including the sick and wounded, struggling through mangrove swamps wouldn't have attracted the attention of at least a few crocs. At which point, a few attacks seem pretty likely. Maybe after enough rifle fire, the crocs would've been scared away.
Damn... Karl sold out and went for some of that Whistler money...
It's not urban, for starters.
I am just wondering if anyone can still see the Japanese survivors of Ramree Island for any truth to the matter?
One of my great-uncles fought in Burma during THE WAR, and after my having heard this story (I was all of 10 years old at the time) on, of all things, THE HISTORY CHANNEL, I asked him about it.
I mean I always sorta thought it was some killed but not 500... But I COULD see them scavenging every single corpse left behind which is equally terrifying.
Hi karl, nice to see more of the real you sneaking through into your long running interim role. Just to let you know its either Salty or Saltwater Crocodiles but not saltywater crocodiles as you said at the beginning 💜
My grandfather was sent to Burma as an SRO and wasn't demobbed until 1947. Several of his mates were taken when fishing in their downtime.
Love your content man! Please make an Agincourt video!😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
Saltwater crocodiles being notoriously uncooperative during interviews.
Keep it up Karl, don't mind some of the dino's in the comments. Australia has a lot of crocs and they're big, not may people survive an attack. They usual take fishers or idiots swimming where they should not. An idea for a Geo or Top Tenz could be just how many animal, fish, reptile, insect, bird or other life could kill you in a given country. I'd think Australia would be number 1 on the list. Cheers mate.
My grandfather fought in Burma, I can only imagine the hell he went through but sadly I never got to meet him, he didn't die out there but shortly after he returned home.
interesting story. thanks. good one.