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Tamarindo Crocodile: El Pocho? Is That You?
One of the only things to beware of in Tamarindo are the crocodiles by the river mouth. As you walk all the way north on the beach, you’ll come upon a river running into the bay where you can hop on a boat for an estuary tour or taxi to the less-touristy Playa Grande. What else lies under this water? The Tamarindo crocodile, who some may call El Pocho. The original El Pocho was a famous American (not United States, American) crocodile who found his way to Costa Rica and was discovered by Gilberto “Chito” Shedden in Siquirres near death on a river bank after being shot in the eye.…