Steve Irwin (crocodile hunter) is Dead!

Dakamura · 09-03-2006, 09:53 PM

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-1702,00.html

Can't say I didn't see this coming.

ValkyrieIsAboutToDie · 09-03-2006, 10:09 PM

This is more earthshattering than JFK.

I'm going into mourning.

unregisteredperson · 09-03-2006, 10:11 PM

His wife is trekking up a mountain in Tasmania and isn't reachable so she doesn't know yet, local news station helicopters are currently racing each other to find her first.

Kellson · 09-03-2006, 10:13 PM

Crikey!

Designz · 09-03-2006, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dakamura

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-1702,00.html

Can't say I didn't see this coming.

True, but from a stingray? How can a stingray pierce your chest and get to your heart anyway?

EnigmaticParadigm · 09-03-2006, 10:20 PM

Awesome way to go though. Pierced through the fucking chest by a water-beastie. Least he didn't get bitten and die from snake venom or something.

Seriously...PIERCED THROUGH THE FUCKING CHEST.

/salute

unregisteredperson · 09-03-2006, 10:25 PM

Here at work we're struggling to figure out how it could have happened. He tried to hug it and pulled the barb through his heart seems as plausible as a sting ray which can swim backwards really fast.

Necrath Evilcraft · 09-03-2006, 10:29 PM

That sucks and I feel sorry for his kids but that guy was crazy. If the Sting Ray is still alive he's gotta be held in high regard in the animal world hes finally done what so many snakes and crocs failed to do...

Jait · 09-03-2006, 10:40 PM

Yeah, it's a real shame. The guy brought interaction with animals back during a day and age when people could give a shit about their environment. He'll be sorely missed. Most of what he did was meant to be represented in a fashion that got people excited and talking. He went on the record many times explaining this. You dont spend 44 years handling live Crocs, Komodo Dragons, and the most venemous snakes in the world without some incredible talent. It seems the stingray incident was truly a freak accident; their barbs can travel with the force of a bullet when in a frenzy, and that seems to be what happened. It was quick hopefully, and he didn't drown. Sadly his wife and kids were not present as they typically are on his journeys and were notified by phone.

I do take great solace in the fact that not a single person will mourn some of you unempthetic, unaccomplished fucktards though. Whatever you may have thought of him, this was a great man who spent his life educating people in a subject that most are woefully ignorant in. RIP.

schwein · 09-03-2006, 10:45 PM

/mourn

it is pretty crazy that he dies from a stinray in a random act. even though he was seemly crazy, he knew what he was doing. of all the times he risked his life i bet he didn't consider today of them.

it is sad to see a person like that go, i allways loved the people that temped fate everyday and died of oldage. like i said i bet today was considered a safe day yet he was killed.

you know what though he died happy, i bet he has little no nothing to reget but leaving his family. no one could ask for more. many of us will never live the dream he had for being nothing more then himself. when i went to australia in 98 no one there knew who steve irwin or the crocodile hunter was. he was an icon in the states before he was known in his home land.

Hatorade · 09-03-2006, 10:58 PM

I really hope that is fake.

unregisteredperson · 09-03-2006, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schwein

when i went to australia in 98 no one there knew who steve irwin or the crocodile hunter was. he was an icon in the states before he was known in his home land.

And I would say he was more known in Australia for being known in the States than for anything else. A conversation about him would usually go, 'yeah he's fucking crazy, but the Americans love him for some reason'.

Cuppycake · 09-03-2006, 11:03 PM

Its not fake. Its breaking news on CNN =/ Damn, RIP =(

Zhaun's_Shade · 09-03-2006, 11:09 PM

Phoenix · 09-03-2006, 11:21 PM

RIP big guy.

09-03-2006, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dakamura Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 192 -5 Internets	Steve Irwin (crocodile hunter) is Dead! http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...0-1702,00.html Can't say I didn't see this coming. __________________ Dakamura Veeshan Retired

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EnigmaticParadigm Is Kermit gunna have to make a bitch go "GLARRRRGH?!" Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Pre World War III America Posts: 2,424 +37 Internets	Awesome way to go though. Pierced through the fucking chest by a water-beastie. Least he didn't get bitten and die from snake venom or something. Seriously...PIERCED THROUGH THE FUCKING CHEST. /salute __________________

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Hatorade Cause its better then water. Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,233 +21 Internets	I really hope that is fake. __________________ Originally Posted by Zarcath: Everyone knows fatties create drag. http://www.wardb.com/

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09-03-2006, 10:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
ValkyrieIsAboutToDie Needs food badly Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,277 +6 Internets	This is more earthshattering than JFK. I'm going into mourning.

09-03-2006, 10:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
unregisteredperson Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 370 -2 Internets	His wife is trekking up a mountain in Tasmania and isn't reachable so she doesn't know yet, local news station helicopters are currently racing each other to find her first.

09-03-2006, 10:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kellson Dirging his Cerberus Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 74 -1 Internets	Crikey!

09-03-2006, 10:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
unregisteredperson Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 370 -2 Internets	Here at work we're struggling to figure out how it could have happened. He tried to hug it and pulled the barb through his heart seems as plausible as a sting ray which can swim backwards really fast.

09-03-2006, 10:29 PM	#8 (permalink)
Necrath Evilcraft Worthless Incarnate Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 412	That sucks and I feel sorry for his kids but that guy was crazy. If the Sting Ray is still alive he's gotta be held in high regard in the animal world hes finally done what so many snakes and crocs failed to do...

09-03-2006, 10:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jait Irritable Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 3,452	Yeah, it's a real shame. The guy brought interaction with animals back during a day and age when people could give a shit about their environment. He'll be sorely missed. Most of what he did was meant to be represented in a fashion that got people excited and talking. He went on the record many times explaining this. You dont spend 44 years handling live Crocs, Komodo Dragons, and the most venemous snakes in the world without some incredible talent. It seems the stingray incident was truly a freak accident; their barbs can travel with the force of a bullet when in a frenzy, and that seems to be what happened. It was quick hopefully, and he didn't drown. Sadly his wife and kids were not present as they typically are on his journeys and were notified by phone. I do take great solace in the fact that not a single person will mourn some of you unempthetic, unaccomplished fucktards though. Whatever you may have thought of him, this was a great man who spent his life educating people in a subject that most are woefully ignorant in. RIP.

09-03-2006, 10:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
schwein straight out of cobden Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 164 +0 Internets	/mourn it is pretty crazy that he dies from a stinray in a random act. even though he was seemly crazy, he knew what he was doing. of all the times he risked his life i bet he didn't consider today of them. it is sad to see a person like that go, i allways loved the people that temped fate everyday and died of oldage. like i said i bet today was considered a safe day yet he was killed. you know what though he died happy, i bet he has little no nothing to reget but leaving his family. no one could ask for more. many of us will never live the dream he had for being nothing more then himself. when i went to australia in 98 no one there knew who steve irwin or the crocodile hunter was. he was an icon in the states before he was known in his home land.

09-03-2006, 11:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
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