Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The guy only had a papermate, not a Leicavit. He wasn't properly armed. Serves him right. Fancy going out swimming in croc infested waters without your Leicavit! Pffftt! Good story! I'm going out bush right now. The most dangerous thing I'm likely to come across will be an echidna or if I'm really lucky a tiger snake. They can be a bit scary - they'll chase ya. All the others just bolt. Rick. On 19/11/2004, at 6:13 PM, Alexander Glissan wrote: > Actually Rick I hate to be a stckler but........(I will anyway) > > My Father was working in Darwin as a judge circa 1980's around the > time of the Azaria Chamberlain Baby vs Dingo case. Anyway one day he > got up to go shooting Buffalo (don't even bother to ask why he does > that). As he went down to one of the fords on the way out to the game > reserve there was a lot of commotion around the area. A group of > police officers turned up with .270's high powered rifles and proceded > to (during the course of the next few days) cull crocs. Why.......? > Well some guy got drunk that afternoon and had decided to swim. Whist > in the water he saw a croc. He thought F**k and climbed A TREE. The > croc (having enough depth under the tree branch) Propelled itself from > the water 3-3.5 meters caught the guy by the left arm and ate him. NO > SHIT. They found his remains inside the belly of one of the shot crocs > (over 6"3 ) about two days later. Wait for this.... The papermate pen > in his pocket still wrote my dad has a picture of a copper writing > with the guys pen on his hand (and a photo of the victim in the > belly). Gross huh. This had two witnesses who attested to the stories > truth who were on the other side of the river in flood when it > occurred. > > I suppose they don't climb but you also aint necessarily safe up a > tree either!!!!! > > Alex > > _________________________________________________________________ > SEEK: Now with over 50,000 dream jobs! Click here: > http://ninemsn.seek.com.au?hotmail > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >