Boy attacked by crocodile dresses as one

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A 12-year-old South Philadelphia kid is utilizing a horrifying acquisition arsenic the inspiration for his Halloween costume. Charlie Buhl was attacked by a crocodile successful Cancún, Mexico.

“I knew it was a crocodile,” Charlie said. “It felt similar a metallic clamp, conscionable squeezing ace choky connected your leg.”

Charlie was attacked by a crocodile implicit the summertime portion connected a household abrogation astatine Club Med Cancún. He was playing hide-and-seek connected the lagoon with different kids astatine the resort’s kids club.

“One of my friends, helium came up and said helium recovered a truly bully hiding spot,” Charlie recalled.

But lurking adjacent was that crocodile.

His mother, Jennifer Buhl, was having meal astatine a edifice besides connected the resort.

“I didn’t cognize if helium was live oregon dead. I didn’t cognize which lad it was,” she said.

Charlie underwent aggregate surgeries portion inactive successful Mexico and helium has the scars to beryllium it.

Proving a consciousness of wit goes a agelong way, Charlie and his friends are making a crocodile costume for Halloween.

“It’s 16 feet agelong and we’re going to get a batch of candy,” Charlie said.

The crushed it’s 16 feet is that that’s 3 feet longer than the existent crocodile that attacked him.

Club Med Cancún is helping with Charlie’s recovery, but his ma says she’s acrophobic this could hap to different kid if changes aren’t made.

“If Cancún doesn’t heed this informing and hole the situation, past much radical are going to get attacked and idiosyncratic is going to die,” Buhl said.

Club Med Cancún said successful a statement, “Club Med Cancún has reinforced the country astir the lagoon by expanding the fig of signs, lighting and installing taller fencing to further support the information of our guests and unit from the surrounding lagoon.”

As for Charlie, his betterment continues. His therapy includes a hyperbaric chamber. He walks with a flimsy limp and inactive can’t play soccer. He has this informing for immoderate different idiosyncratic playing hide-and-seek astatine Club Med Cancún.

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“Be careful. There’s crocodiles,” Charlie said. “If you spot anyone adjacent the lagoon oregon successful the lagoon, conscionable pass them.”