Million Gume swims in a river full of crocodile everyday. He is not
afraid because according to him, once he bares his buttocks at the crocodiles, they go
away. He calls it bum swimming.
"I’m the king of the bum swim," he laughs and demonstrates by diving into the water and sticking his naked bum in the air.
The
30-year-old from Mhinga Village in Malamulele, Limpopo said he’s been
swimming in the Luvuvhu River for five years. The rivers in the area are
known to have many crocodiles and many locals have lost their lives in
the dark water.
"The crocodiles are scared
of me! When I jump into the water and realise that the crocodiles want
to attack me, I just show them my bum and they move away. I then carry
on with my famous bum swim." he told Daily Sun.
He
said people who come to the river enjoy watching him. On Wednesday
afternoon the SunTeam saw Million playing in the river. He floated with
his head and upper body underwater like a drowned person. He then
disappeared under the water and after a short-time only his bum
appeared. George Matiyani, headman of the Mhinga Tribal Authority, said
Million must watch out.
"The crocodiles aren’t scared of his bum. They will drag his bum into the deep waters and chew him up," he said.
Matiyani warned the kids to stay away from the dangerous rivers in the village.
He said the crocodiles often kill people.
"The
most recent victim was fisherman Thinashe Hove, who was attacked on 24
January. And the body of a 45-year-old man who was killed last month
hasn’t been found yet."
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