Vam Nao and the interesting anecdote about the 5-legged crocodile

In that river, most of the 'terrible' fish have become legendary such as coral fish, dugongs, rays, oil catfish, catfish .

The West has thousands of rivers and canals, including very large rivers like Tien River, Hau River, Me Kong River, Vam Co River . But, there is a river just less than 7km long, very famous. In that river, most of the 'dinosaurs' have become legendary such as coral fish, dugongs, stingrays, catfish, catfish . That is Vam Nao river in An Giang.

Anecdotes of 5-legged crocodile into fine

Following the young fisherman Hong Son, we went to the old fisherman Hai Ly, in Binh Thuy fishing village, Phu Tan district, An Giang. This year, 80 years old, nearly a lifetime of sticking with Vam Nao line, old lady Hai Ly said: 'Vam Nao River has many deep places to the ropes, ie about 30m, many whirlpools, enough to submerge a big boat. The flow of water is fast, the riverbed is deep with many cavities, so Vam Nao has dragged the 'terrible' fishes, weighing hundreds of kilograms from the Mekong River to find shelter such as coral fish, catfish, flag fish, fish deer, manta rays, swordfish, sharks, crocodiles'.

The giant 'catfish' fishermen caught on Vam Nao river.

Elder Hai Ly continued: 'My grandparents told me that the river is Vam Nao because when the flood season passes, this river junction looks like water flowing like a waterfall, every boat is terrified, afraid of being overturned. So, there is a saying 'Who can find the Vam Nao boat'. In the Nguyen Dynasty, seeing the name sounded so sad, it changed the name of the river to Thuan Giang, but no matter how it was called, it was still a death river. In the years of great flooding, boat over the confluence of Vam Nao river or sunk by a hammer blade, every few days hear a cry and cry for help '.

After a while, Mr. Hai Ly said in a small voice, his expression was serious: 'Vam Nao is the most flexible river in the West, with' him 'forever, deep in the riverbed. Those who eat evil, run a boat through here, 'he' just swish the mouth out is a strong whirlpool, and any big boat is sinking '.

The terrible 'catch' caught on the Vam Nao River.

I was surprised: 'Who are you?' Mr. Hai Ly kept his voice down: 'It's a 5-legged crocodile, never died, by a man named Dinh Tay in That Son area. Then 'he' went out, swimming to the Vam Nao river. His 'grandfather' figure was so large that it filled the riverbed. People did not dare to call his name directly but called Mr. Nam Cheo. When I was very young, every time I did something wrong, my grandparents were 'scare': 'It is not good to watch out for' Mr. Cheo catch it '. At that time, know who 'Mr.' Nam Cheo was. Growing up, every time there is a sinking boat, people say, 'he' arrested for being evil '.

Due to the rapid flow of water, Vam Nao river banks often occur horrifying landslides. At times like that, people are rumored to be doing so by 'him', swinging their tails. The cause of the fast flow is Mr. Nam Cheo . strong breathing creates, fierce junction of Vam Nao because he lies at the mouth of Nam Cheo. Some people think that looking at the map of Vam Nao river is like a crocodile. There is also a story that a group of crocodile hunters from the U Minh demise to Vam Nao took Nam Cheo to get a voice, but eventually the people lost their lives, who ran to death . There are also people who say that these are only people stories The time of rumors but the love of the lake or the fishermen when passing by Vam Nao, must be lit and worshiped.

Golden tree fish

2-3 years ago, fishermen in the fishing village of Binh Thuy have many millionaires thanks to the fish-hunting and fish-raising fish . Fisherman Sau Vien, 74 years old, in this fishing village is one of them. He is one of the fishermen who keeps the 'record' of the number of caught corals with more than 50 fish, many of which weigh more than 1 quintal. He has quit his job of hunting coral fish but the memory of this dinosaur is still full.

Mr. Sau Vien Bao and Vam Nao have sharks and crocodiles in addition to sharks and crocodiles. The fish has sharp colors like a leopard, and looks very beautiful, as big as a wooden animal about 2m long. Brocade fish hunted into a dozen herds. Cattle and buffaloes swim through the river bitten by fish. As for people who swim or bathe in the river or sink a boat, they rush to tear. At that time, due to being eaten by meat all the time, people went to seek medical treatment, after being taught by a teacher in Kien Giang province, he used the old squash fruit to boil with fishpipe string and throw it into the river. Cucurbit squash holds long heat, crocodiles, sharks swallow, just burn intestine, poisoning poison, dying. Brocade fish stabbed to ragged the fish body was also poisoned dead.

For a long time these fish nets were not wet with Vam Nao river water.

'Particularly salmon fish, although very big, sometimes weighs 2 quintals, but very gentle, only eating moss, fish cloves. Especially they are very strong. A swing of the tail can make the water flow. Therefore, the fish species are not close to them. Fish is strange. Seeing that he waded, but not every fisherman threw fishing nets, caught the net. Therefore, there must be grace, and must follow the 'law' of fishermen. One of those traditions is that anyone who is new to the profession, the first fish caught by the fish, no matter how big or small, has to desire the neighbors' , Mr. Sau said.

Mr. Sau said, the golden age of chilled fish hunting, only the investment of the net has run out of gold trees. Not all fishermen have silver for fishing nets. He continued: 'But if the hand is close to the fish, only one season of catching two fishes will be worth the capital. A fish sold after buying a few gold trees, a season catching a few fish is considered to be worth millions and years and years. But if you can't catch a child, you owe a debt, you must sell the net to pay the debt. But this happens on this island. Fishermen find it easy to borrow fish and ask to borrow gold to buy a net. On the day of release of the net, the liver intestines are wilted when the net of the fish is attached to the giant fish, and the net is light.

Yellow-tailed catfish, one of the specialty fish species of Vam Nao river.

Mr. Sau said, the biggest coral fish he hunted more than 30 years ago, weighed 170kg.'That time, my wife and I pulled the net, saw the water spray bubbles like a big pot of boiling water, a dozen meters wide. Pulling the net does not budge, my husband and I are green, thinking that 'he' reprimanded him, retaining the net, so he hurriedly prayed. After that, it was okay to pull, but too heavy, I had to call some more boats to pull the side. Suddenly, from the water, the fish whale is about the size of a boat. I cried out for people to come to the aid . the next hour I could not make a terrible fish. That time, after selling fish, sending gifts to his women, and saving 2 gold trees , 'Mr. Sau said.

Follow Hong Son fishermen to Vam Nao River when the fishing village has risen to the lights, the water surface is still, quiet as a sheet. The lights from the houses on the shore cut into the shimmering water. The wind whipped into the cool face. Mr. Son said: 'This season is very calm. But people say, because the fish is so terrible, so the river also gets less big waves. '