In April 1975, Peter Reimers and two of his mates head into the Australian bush for a hunting and fishing holiday on the Mission River near Weipa, Queensland. Something they’ve done countless times before… While his mates were fishing for Barramundi and Mangrove Jack, Peter heads to a favorite spot to hunt feral pigs. He had no idea that HE was actually the one being hunted by a massive saltwater crocodile. Peter is ambushed when he goes down to the edge of a narrow creek to cool off. When he doesn’t return to camp that evening his friends launch a search of the area and soon find the grizzly scene where the croc is still present. They return to the scene with local police, who put the animal down and recover Peter’s remains which they find almost fully intact. The croc responsible is measured at 16ft, however it’s missing a substantial portion of its tail, which if it had maintained would put it at an estimated 19ft! A true giant.
