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NZ kayaker Ryan Blair trapped on WA island for two weeks by stalking crocodile
News.com.au ^ | September 03, 2013

Posted on 09/04/2013 3:51:20 PM PDT by Sawdring

A NEW Zealand kayaker prayed for his life as he was kept hostage on a remote Australian island by a giant crocodile he believed would devour him at any moment. Ryan Blair had an amazing escape after becoming trapped on a remote island off the coast of Western Australia for more than two weeks by the massive crocodile that wouldn't let him leave.

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TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Hobbies
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The title is a little misleading.
1 posted on 09/04/2013 3:51:20 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
He travelled from Queensland to the Kimberley on a yacht whose owner was then jailed in the Northern Territory, leaving Mr Blair stranded for two months.

Whoa Back the truck up. What's this all about?
2 posted on 09/04/2013 3:55:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Sawdring

6 meters is a big crock. But a good spear to the right spot, and this dude could have dined on lizard meat.

Tastes like chicken doncha know.

No, no lizard makes lunch outta me, especially when I’m carrying my favorite salt shaker.

In the world of eat or get eaten, I’m the guy with the knife and fork.


3 posted on 09/04/2013 3:56:38 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat ( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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6 meters is a big crock. But a good spear to the right spot, and this dude could have dined on lizard meat. Tastes like chicken doncha know. No, no lizard makes lunch outta me, especially when I’m carrying my favorite salt shaker. In the world of eat or get eaten, I’m the guy with the knife and fork.

You should post more...

4 posted on 09/04/2013 4:11:49 PM PDT by onona (The Earth is the insane asylum for the universe)
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To: Sawdring

Blair’s a kiwi. The saltie prolly smelled the sheep on him.


5 posted on 09/04/2013 4:16:35 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: onona; ConradofMontferrat

Agreed.

The last line is a classic.


6 posted on 09/04/2013 4:17:42 PM PDT by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Sawdring

Sounds like the plot for a SyFy movie of the week.


7 posted on 09/04/2013 4:17:43 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: onona

LOL,

I know you forgot the /s> tag at the end of your post, because there are about a gazillion freepers who really think I should have my keyboard confiscated and my fingers chopped off!


8 posted on 09/04/2013 4:18:48 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat ( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: Sawdring

“The title is a little misleading.”

You got that right! I thought he was stuck out in Puget Sound somewhere.


9 posted on 09/04/2013 4:19:33 PM PDT by 21twelve ("We've got the guns, and we got the numbers" adapted and revised from Jim M.)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

Good luck with that.


10 posted on 09/04/2013 4:19:50 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: 21twelve

There’s a whole wide world out there...


11 posted on 09/04/2013 4:21:03 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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<You got that right! I thought he was stuck out in Puget Sound somewhere.

Same here. After 5 years in Seattle, I thought crocs had somehow invaded the San Juans.


12 posted on 09/04/2013 4:22:58 PM PDT by radiohead
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To: Sawdring

Crocodile could’ve been in love and never had any intention to harm him.


13 posted on 09/04/2013 4:24:28 PM PDT by 353FMG ( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
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Its all attitude. If I’m more hungry than that crock, then he’s got a problem.

If we are both just as hungry, then I’ll rely on the fact that I AM ON TOP THE FOOD CHAIN, and I really CAN out think a lizard.

Oh yea, I RESPECT the crocks abilities and agilities. OTH, I subscribe to the age old wisdom: “If you can eat it, you can beat it.” You just need to be hungry enough.

Stew pot is the great equalizer.

Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you. But since I’m smarter than the bear, the bear’s gotta work a lot harder to eat me than I have to, to eat him.

Its all in your head. Once you fixate on what’s for lunch, its really hard to run away from a good meal.


14 posted on 09/04/2013 4:35:39 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat ( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: 353FMG

LOL,

One never knows.

“HEY LADY KISS THAT FROG!!”


15 posted on 09/04/2013 4:36:47 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat ( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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To: cripplecreek

Lovers quarrel .... dumped him and then got jailed?


16 posted on 09/04/2013 4:49:37 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Progressives are never accountable for "unintended consequences" .... just for causing most)
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It just seemed like an odd thing to glide over in the story.


17 posted on 09/04/2013 4:50:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

18 feet long? More likely be dined upon!


18 posted on 09/04/2013 4:52:00 PM PDT by Chickensoup (...We didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: ConradofMontferrat

then I’ll rely on the fact that I AM ON TOP THE FOOD CHAIN, and I really CAN out think a lizard.

_____________________

You are only on the top of the food chain IF YOU WIN.


19 posted on 09/04/2013 4:54:45 PM PDT by Chickensoup (...We didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
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To: Chickensoup

Yup, that’s a bigun, but the brain is still the size of pea.

If you can’t out think that, then you deserve to be dinner.

Remember, humans took down wooly mammoths. With spears and rocks.

Now THAT’S a challenge.


20 posted on 09/04/2013 4:55:41 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat ( According to mudslimz, my handle is a HATE CRIME. And I HOPE they don't like it.)
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