how about this one for size.....

This crocodile was on the beach in front of the Petroleum club, Plage
Sportive
In Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo. 21 FT long, 4,500 lbs, around
80 years old minimum.
Specialists said that he was looking to eat humans because he was too
old to catch animals. For the past few months in some villages close to
Pointe Noire people were complaining that some people in their villages
have been disappearing, and it could well be this crocodile that's
responsible. This crocodile was killed by the army last Sunday at 3:00
pm, currently he is in the freezer at the Azur hotel. The contents of
it's stomach will be analyzed this Friday at 2:30pm.

Monster in Pointe Noire! Date: 3/3/2005

Don't use Imagastation, it hardly ever works. I switched to Photobucket.com, far superior.

I think this was in the news recently. It turned out that the croc. when killed, was not 21 feet!
Peter.

Looking at the photos of it, if measured along the top of the croc (SCI method) it could be true. If not darn close I'm sure..

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Originally posted by fla3006:
Don't use Imagastation, it hardly ever works. I switched to Photobucket.com, far superior.

If u knew how long it took me to get set up at Imagestation.... Takes just too long to start all over again...

Bwanamich - Is it this one?

EDIT: PICT'S REMOVED AFTER TERRY'S EDIT OF MICH'S POST.

If so, here's the story per http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_pointe_noire_croc.htm

"Comments: The preceding images appear to be authentic and correspond to a French-language news story that appeared in the Congolese weekly magazine La Semaine Africaine on July 17, 2003.

Here is a synopsis of that story, which partially confirms the information given in the email:

The creature was first reported swimming in the port of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo on the night of July 5, 2003. Later, around one o'clock in the morning, it was spotted creeping up onto the beach by onlookers who phoned the police, apparently frightening the beast back into the water in the process. It returned to shore a couple of hours later only to be greeted by a fusillade of bullets from an array of weapons including a Kalachnikov assault rifle. Even so, it took nearly an hour to fell the beast, during which time the neighborhood sounded like a war zone, according to residents. A crowd of bystanders equipped with axes and knives began to approach the carcass with visions of crocodile steaks in their heads, but Mayor Roland Bouiti-Viaudo interfered, declaring it necessary to preserve the monster in the name of science and tourism. It was eventually forklifted into a container and, at last report, was bound not for the freezer of a local hotel, but for a taxidermist.

Contrary to what is reported in the email, the news story says the croc measured 5 meters (equivalent to 16 feet) long and weighed 850 kilos (1,874 lbs., less than half of what the email claims), and identifies its species as Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile), native to fresh-water rivers, lakes and swamps — which would explain why it was so eager to quit the ocean for dry land even though it was confronted by unfriendly humans. It was estimated to be approximately 50 years old.

Because they were snapped with a digital camera, it was possible to retrieve the source data on the first image in the series, according to which it was taken on July 6, 2003 at 12:35 p.m."

In any case - one heck of a crocodile!!!

I have seen several 16 and 17 ft crocs (dead ones that's how i knew their length ) and many pictures of 16- 18 ft crocs! From these photos, i estimate the croc to be well over 16ft! Maybe not 21 but over 18 IMO.

A photo is just a photo of course so I guess we will never know....

just to continue on this; you know the ol hunting trick:
"To estimate a crocs length you estimate the length of its head in inches and whatever you get convert figure into feet"

My guess that head is approx 20 inches long! so 20 feet +-

he's big enough to keep!

Now there is something for Shakari to turn into a pair of boots!!!

FB

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If u knew how long it took me to get set up at Imagestation.... Takes just too long to start all over again...

Photobucket is much easier to use, try it you'll like it!

im no expert but that doesnt look anywhere near big enough to be even pushing 18 feet.

He's big enough to kick my arse
I'd paid to see ole Crocodile Dundee grab
his tail

Just wait 'til this summer when I post some pict's of some of our Lake Chamo croc's. I truthfully expect a new SCI record from there.

Rich Elliott

Godzilla!!!