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Originally Posted by IslandRedneck
Budson, you may find this VERY interesting. Having been alerted to the dangers of camping there, I poked around on google and found an obituary in the area- but the cause of death was... crocodile??? I was anticipating a very different kind of saftey concern! Check this out, I pasted the links as well. First two are the obituary and the missing persons report talking about camping at Bahia de Las Aguilas, the last one is S&R site where I got this citation.
"12-18-2002 2002-2575-403(D). SARM SP Dom. Republic. Sean Clinton Stover. Team: H. Oakes SAR Dog Valorie K-9-1. Results: Sent them telephone message and email consult. Worked on logistics. Flew to Dom. Republic. Met w/ Stovers in Philiy and we flew to Dom.Repub. Then looked at Hospital and city morgue for their son, sean. Then drove 6 hours West towards SAR Area. Airlines lost my luggage. Did search. Val located Sean's death site. He had been killed by a crocodile."
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb.../s/o-sto01.txt
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Been there a number of time. Will be going back in a couple of weeks and this time I plan to camp there. Tired to driving long distances each day to hit a hotel. Never heard of crocs there although my guess is that there are. I have seen large iguanas that come up to my truck which can be pretty nasty if they smell food. I am more concerned about the locals and the roads.
BTW, it was hit hard by two hurricanes this summer. I couldn't get in after the first one and can only imagine how bad it is after the second. Anyone know the current status?