A 4.9-meter (16-foot) crocodile likely killed an Australian fisherman after he tumbled down a riverbank into a creek, police says on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. According to police, the 40-year-old man was fishing on a riverbank in tropical north Queensland when he 鈥渇ell into the water and failed to resurface.鈥� Later, the police found human remains in the gut of the reptile caught nearby. 蜜桃工作室 STOCK PHOTO
SYDNEY, Australia 鈥� A crocodile likely killed an Australian fisherman after he tumbled down a riverbank into a creek, police said Tuesday.
According to police, they found human remains in the gut of a 4.9-meter (16-foot) reptile caught nearby.
The 40-year-old man was fishing on a riverbank in tropical north Queensland when he 鈥渇ell into the water and failed to resurface,鈥� the police said in a statement, adding that they were told the man had 鈥渂een taken by a crocodile.鈥�
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The fisherman had been casting his line at a secluded spot known among locals as 鈥渃rocodile bend,鈥� Australian media reported.
Rangers eventually trapped and killed a large crocodile close to where the fisherman had plunged into the water.
Police said they believed they had found the man鈥檚 remains inside the beast, and were now working on a formal identification.
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In July, a 12-year-old girl was killed by a croc as she was swimming near a remote settlement in Australia鈥檚 Northern Territory.
Deadly crocodile attacks are rare but not unheard of in Australia鈥檚 northern tropics.
Earlier this year, a saltwater croc was shot, cooked, and eaten after menacing a Northern Territory community.