20 ft. Croc Eats British Camper

Aardvark154 said:
The photo really drives home quite how large a twenty foot long Crocodile is!

Yes!

I think he needed Paul Hogan/Crocodile Dundee waiting nearby...or at least Paul's knife when he went to the river's edge in the Australian outback.

In Florida the freshwater alligators I get are nowhere near that big. I had a 7 footer last summer on my lawn (though most are 3-6 feet), but I was putting golfballs 30 feet away and it wasn't interested in me - they are well fed with abudent fish and birds in my area and have no interest in people.
 
Fuck, Australia sucks. Crocs, spiders, scorpions, all kinds of weirdo bugs. God bless our freezing Canadian winters that kill all that crap. I can take my fly rod and wade into any body of water in this country with no fear of anything eating me or stinging me or swimming up my urethra and laying eggs.
 
CapitalGuy said:
I can take my fly rod and wade into any body of water in this country with no fear of anything eating me or stinging me or swimming up my urethra and laying eggs.

I've avoided going to Costa Rica and the Congo for these reasons (stinging/swimming up).
 
CapitalGuy said:
Fuck, Australia sucks. Crocs, spiders, scorpions, all kinds of weirdo bugs. God bless our freezing Canadian winters that kill all that crap. I can take my fly rod and wade into any body of water in this country with no fear of anything eating me or stinging me or swimming up my urethra and laying eggs.
Funny as hell but true.:p
 
I just hope no yahoo Aussie doesn't kill that croc. We always forget we're in THEIR home, not the other way around.
 
Stoo said:
Well, except for grizzlies, cougars, polar bears... Not in Ontario of course...

Not in Ontario? Heck it wasn't long ago I heard on the radio that a cougar (not the human female kind lol) was seen making it's way along the rouge river towards scarborough and we all had to keep an eye out for it. They also said that we should keep our pets indoors for a while and on a leash....

As for the story: how dumb do you have to be to a) camp in an area KNOWN for large crocs and b) in an area known as hunting grounds for a 20 foot croc?

DUMB de dumb dumb DUMB.........
 
Well, at least the croc left the video camera on the riverbank. So it's not a total tragedy. It would have been a real bummer to have to go buy a new one.

And look at the bright side: No expensive funeral.
 
CapitalGuy said:
Fuck, Australia sucks. Crocs, spiders, scorpions, all kinds of weirdo bugs. God bless our freezing Canadian winters that kill all that crap. I can take my fly rod and wade into any body of water in this country with no fear of anything eating me or stinging me or swimming up my urethra and laying eggs.


It's what you get used to...the idea of bears up here scares the shit out of me more than what is in Oz...I grew up there! Yes, we saw snakes and spiders and wild pigs in the outback, but you just stay away and shake stuff out (boots and camping gear etc)
 
tboy said:
As for the story: how dumb do you have to be to a) camp in an area KNOWN for large crocs and b) in an area known as hunting grounds for a 20 foot croc?

Probably got a great deal on his vacation online!
 
I bet he was wearing knee high socks in his sandals.
 
I went on a river tour in Costa Rica with crocs that big...seeing them up close is truly terrifying.