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Body of Canadian woman, 19, found surrounded by dingoes on Australian island
Channel 3000 News/CNN ^ | January 20, 2026 | CNN Bitter LOSERS

Posted on 01/20/2026 6:56:20 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

Police in Queensland, Australia are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman after her body was found surrounded by wild dogs on a beach at K’Gari, formerly known as Fraser Island.

The island, a UNESCO world heritage site, lies off Australia’s eastern coast and attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

The woman was a Canadian national who had spent the past six weeks working at a backpackers’ hostel on the island, Queensland police said during a press conference. They said she had traveled there with a friend from her home country.

Around 5 a.m. local time on Monday (2 p.m. ET on Sunday), the woman told people she was going for an early morning swim, police said.

Just over an hour later, two men driving past spotted a pack of approximately 10 dingoes surrounding her body on the beach near the Maheno shipwreck.

Police said it is too early to know if the woman’s death was caused by the wild dogs, which are protected as a native species in Queensland’s national parks.

“I can confirm that the woman’s body had been touched and interfered with by the dingoes,” said Queensland Police Inspector Paul Algie, “but we’re not speculating yet as to whether that was anything to do with her cause of death.”

Algie added that while dingoes are culturally significant to the island’s locals and Indigenous people, “they’re wild animals and they need to be treated as such.”

“I implore all people that visit K’Gari, which is a beautiful place, that you do not go near dingoes, that you do not feed dingoes, and that you just leave them to live their life and you move around them accordingly.”

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Me first: "Maybe a Dingo ate your Canadian?" ;)

Hope she wasn't trying to pet and befriend one! Yikes!

1 posted on 01/20/2026 6:56:20 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I don’t think I’d be swimming off the coast of Australia at 5:00 a.m. They have really big fish that like to feed during the night and day.


2 posted on 01/20/2026 6:59:17 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

In my opinion, her best performance. Better than Sophie's Choice. Better than Kramer v. Kramer. LOL.

3 posted on 01/20/2026 7:00:03 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Other sow, Darwin reaps.


4 posted on 01/20/2026 7:02:00 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( Thorough planning and careful preparation is no substitute for wishful thinking. )
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To: Hot Tabasco

A dingo ate my baby.


5 posted on 01/20/2026 7:02:51 AM PST by Delta 21 (None of us are descendants of fearful men!)
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To: Delta 21

A dingo ate my baby.


Didn’t they eventually conclude that’s what really happened?


6 posted on 01/20/2026 7:03:44 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Look at all the cute fur babies! They’re all so skinny . . . I’ll offer them one of my sandwiches . . .”


7 posted on 01/20/2026 7:04:53 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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8 posted on 01/20/2026 7:05:00 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Boiled down version: what happened? Did she go for an early morning swim off an Australian coastline?
The poster shows the infant in the center, so something ‘unfortunate’ must have happened to that Baby.


9 posted on 01/20/2026 7:06:46 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Well it says she went swimming alone off Frasier Island, not the brightest idea.

“Fraser Island: Known for strong rips and powerful currents, swimming here is risky due to the presence of sharks and venomous jellyfish.”

10 posted on 01/20/2026 7:08:56 AM PST by Varda
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To: lee martell

The poster shows the infant in the center, so something ‘unfortunate’ must have happened to that Baby.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Azaria_Chamberlain


11 posted on 01/20/2026 7:18:09 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Dingoes love Canadian Bacon.


12 posted on 01/20/2026 7:18:25 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Algie added that while dingoes are culturally significant to the island’s locals and Indigenous people, “they’re wild animals and they need to be treated as such.””

Not much different than the (college-educated) 19th Amendment types who are CONVINCED that they can tame migrants being sent here, who are Third World REJECTS.


13 posted on 01/20/2026 7:26:01 AM PST by BobL (Trusting one's doctor is the #1 health mistake one can make.)
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To: Sicon

LOL!!!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g0P0JspcSaI


14 posted on 01/20/2026 7:32:24 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Seinfeld Is Stuck in My Brain too.
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My ‘tagline’ needed a Change from;
‘All Things Will be Revealed. ‘


15 posted on 01/20/2026 7:33:43 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Resist Satan's Tyranny )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I’ve visited the
GOLD COAST many times...
Absolutely Fantastic!
No Dingos seen.


16 posted on 01/20/2026 7:37:11 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Resist Satan's Tyranny )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

A dingo bit my sister.


17 posted on 01/20/2026 7:42:51 AM PST by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
“I implore all people that visit K’Gari, which is a beautiful place, that you do not go near dingoes, that you do not feed dingoes, and that you just leave them to live their life and you move around them accordingly.”

So it's too early to tell if the dingoes killed her or were just the clean up crew but it's not too early to determine a human must have gone near, fed or just didn't leave the poor dingoes alone.

18 posted on 01/20/2026 7:45:58 AM PST by liberalh8ter ( This tagline has taken the month off to attend the inauguration.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin


19 posted on 01/20/2026 8:03:43 AM PST by Tommy Revolts
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“I implore all people that visit K’Gari, which is a beautiful place, that you do not go near dingoes, that you do not feed dingoes, and that you just leave them to live their life and you move around them accordingly.” I’d pay to watch Nancy Pelosi feed a dingoe.


20 posted on 01/20/2026 8:05:06 AM PST by kawhill (I'll start...the sweeter wind is finally found)
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