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The eerie part of this is that the fucking thing stalked and taunted the pair of these guys whilst they sat in a tree for 20 hrs until rescuers could get to them.
It would go under for a while only to keep re-surfacing at a different spot and just watch them.
Intelligent killing machine.
Croc search held up
By Paul Dyer
December 25, 2003
WATER levels would have to fall at least 4m before a search could resume for a man killed by a crocodile, police said yesterday.
The search for Brett Mann, taken by a 4m crocodile in the rain-swollen Finniss River, near Darwin, was suspended yesterday.
Marine and Fisheries Unit Senior Sergeant Garry Casey said police assessed the river conditions by helicopter yesterday.
They would wait until the water level subsided 4m before starting the search again.
He said daily flights over the area would continue, but the search would only restart when the water level had fallen.
"The current is quite strong and there is a lot of debris - it is far too dangerous to get boats back in the water," Snr-Sgt Casey said.
"We are probably looking at a three to four metre drop at this stage."
Mr Mann, 22, of Howard Springs, was killed by the crocodile while on a quad bike riding trip with two friends on Sunday, 80km south-west of Darwin.
His friends, Shaun Blowers and Ashley McGough, both 19, were rescued by police after they huddled together in a tree for 22 hours while being stalked by the crocodile.
The pair were winched to safety by a helicopter about 3pm on Monday.
Snr-Sgt Casey said persistent rain had seen the already flooded river rise by another 2m on Tuesday night.
"At this stage, where the edge of the river is now, it is some 100m from the tree the boys were rescued from," he said.
"That tree is usually on the bank - so it has expanded quite a fair way."
Snr-Sgt Casey said Brett's father Ben, had joined police on yesterday's flight over the scene of the attack.
"He was emotional - but also thankful that he had the opportunity to go there and have a look at the area," he said.
"He is supporting us in our actions and he is hoping, like we are, that we can find Brett."
Northern Territory News