If the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mutated as a result of exposure to radioactive goo, this turtle in the Gorontalo Province of Indonesia is famous among locals because it was supposedly birthed by a cow.
T’was the eve of Feb. 5 when a cow belonging to Rimin Nggadu, a resident of Hutabohu village in West Limboto district, gave birth to a strong and healthy calf. But that wasn’t the highlight of Rimin’s day — according to him (and by all accounts he was the only person who first witnessed this), his cow also miraculously gave birth to an amphibious reptile.
“A few minutes after the calf came out, I saw something stuck to the body of that calf. When I looked closer, it turned out to be a small turtle,” Rimin said, as quoted by Liputan 6 on Wednesday.
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Like us, you’re probably thinking: “What if the turtle was chilling on the ground and just happened to get stuck to the calf’s birth goo-covered body?” or “what if Rimin was lying?”
Well, if it was either one of those two more probable theories, we wouldn’t even bring you this story. What’s truly fascinating about this is that locals seem to believe Rimin and have flocked to see the turtle.
Heck, even the local district official believes the turtle came into this world in miraculous ways.
“This is proof of God’s greatness. Anything that happens is His will,” said West Limboto District Head Hasni D. Lamanasa.
That said, Hasni warned locals not to attribute the miraculous birth to mythical explanations, which could turn one away from religion.
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