Its dreadful that this 62 yr old has been lost to a croc, but while maintaining total respect for his family, i want to know how this croc got him. In , out of boat, i dont know, but as one who fishes croc infested waters at times its disconcerting to hear he was taken at a boat. Im just hoping we get to hear the exact circumstances, so if something extra ordinary has occurred we can improve our safety and practises when boating and fishing.
"let not he boast who puts his armor on, as he who takes it off"
4.7m croc. Car topper boat.
There needs to be a major cull. Plague proportions and no fear of humans anymore. On the adelaide river one day I counted 140 on the bank in a 10 km stretch
Specific info is what im interested in.
"let not he boast who puts his armor on, as he who takes it off"
Police say the 62-year-old was with his wife, son and daughter-in-law at Flying Fox waterhole on a fishing trip when he was taken yesterday afternoon around 5pm.
Police said the man was in a boat and washing or emptying a bucket at the time of the attack.
The man’s family heard splashing sounds but were not able to save him
As much info thats been released
I saw the ABC news this morning early and there was a mention that they were the only boat in a restricted area, which was that way because of the number of rouge/large crocs there.
Not sure how true that is
Sergeant Andrew Hocking said the area where the man went missing had recently been reopened to coincide with the start of the Dry season.
Size of boat doesnt come into it if he was actively doing something in the water eg. Washing a bucket. If a croc starts actually invading a boat thats a differnt scenario
"let not he boast who puts his armor on, as he who takes it off"
Thats right mate. 9\10 Times attacks are caused by complete lack of care
They shot two crocs human remains were found in one. Time to raise the sides of my boat and time to stop teaching crocs to jump beside boats for food. KP
I am always spooky about washing hands over side of boat at night. tell my wife to scoop a part bucket and do it that way.
some years back I remember a asian bloke on the news with big teeth/claw marks down his back where a croc jumped in the back of his 16 foot half cab to grab him. definitely gota stop teaching them boats mean food and all they have to do is jump up and grab it...
take a feed & leave the rest to breed
I think they should run croc shooting safaris, people would pay big money to shoot one then local communities could prep the skin and head for shipment to the shooter, it would get rid of the big fellas and bring in some healthy revenue, similar to what they do in safari parks around the world.
Maybe we need some "Swamp People" style fishing charters. Maybe get the yanks over and show them how a real walking handbag goes. We certainly need to reintroduce the fear element back into these things or things will only get worse as they get bigger and more accustomed to humans meaning food. Other than that people may have to start carrying high velocity sinker launchers because "barramundi are a bloody big fish".
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