Five fisherman claim that they found the partially digested head and leg of a human inside the stomach of a tiger shark they caught off the coast of the Philippines.
The men were fishing between the islands of Bohol and Camiguin on 5 October when they caught a tiger shark, which they estimated to weigh at least 300kg.
When the fisherman cut into the shark, they were surprised by the “disgusting…awful smell” and found a partially digested human head and leg inside the stomach.
The local Minda News reports that while they fisherman could get 70 pesos (99p) per kilo for the shark meat, they ditched the carcass overboard as they feared the human remains may bring them “bad luck”.
According to UPI, locals presume that the person eaten by the shark may be one of two male victims of the M/V Maharlika 2 ferry accident in September that remain missing.
