African pastor eaten by crocodile, during baptism???

Buzzy.ph

I was listening to a sermon online today.

Pastor Courson stated the recent story of an African Pastor being eaten alive by a crocodile while performing a baptism.

Friendly Atheist June 5 2018

Every few months, it seems, we hear another story about an African pastor doing something religious in a large lake… only to drown himself, drown the person getting baptized, or get eaten by a crocodile. Today’s story, from Ethiopia, involves a crocodile. 

Quoting BBC

Docho Eshete was conducting the ceremony for about 80 people on Sunday morning at Lake Abaya in Arba Minch town’s Merkeb Tabya district. Residents and police told BBC Amharic a crocodile leapt from the water during the baptism and attacked him. Pastor Docho died after being bitten on his legs, back and hands. 

As I write this, there are multiple news outlets talking about the same story… but keep a few things in mind since we’re all trying to be good skeptics here: Every article cites the same BBC report I quoted above. Whenever a story cites a single source, with very little first-hand reporting, you should question it.

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Look at who’s writing about it. I don’t care who they’re citing. If the British tabloids and FOX News are the most likely places you’re hearing about this story, it’s bound to be a hoax.

BBC June 5 2018

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Crocodile kills Ethiopian pastor during lake baptism 

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'He baptised the first person and he passed on to another one. All of a sudden, a crocodile jumped out of the lake and grabbed the pastor," local resident Ketema Kairo told the BBC.
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Is the story true or not? Either way, another bizarre Christianity related story from Africa...