22/09/2004: "CROCODILE ATTACK BEACH.......Bathurst Bay, North QLD."

12 October 2004 News. A couple, sleeping in a tent near this site have been attacked by a crocodile.......the man was being dragged toward the water by a large saltwater crocodile when he was rescued by a grandmother and her son (who shot the beast with a revolver). The story made headlines and a gripping TV interview.

Four weeks previously we were warned of this 3.5 meter croc at this remote beach, Bathurst Bay, Cape Melville, (Princess Charlotte Bay), Qld. 250 km north of Cooktown. Crocs will travel 100 meters inland from the sea at night in search of food, therefore no tent site in the north is safe. Sleep in a 4x4.

Update 27 March 2005
Grandmother Alicia Sorohan aged 60 has been given the skull of the crocodile involved,which had been buried by park rangers.

The Sorohans and their extended family and friends had been camping at the popular fishing spot, Bathurst Bay. The crocodile had crept into their campsite in the middle of the night. Possibly attracted by the sound of a small crying baby in the tent, it grabbed Andrew Kerr while he was sleeping.

Mrs Sorohan instinctively lept onto the crocodile's head and it dragged Mr Kerr from his tent.

The crocodile then turned it's attention away from Mr Kerr and seized Mrs Sorohan's right arm. Her son Jason, awakened by the noise, was then to shoot the crocodile dead.

Mrs Sorohan had two metal plates and 12 screws inserted in her arm, which was almost severed. The family had been visiting the area regularly for more nthan 20 years. A documentary film will be made about her ordeal when they return to Bathurst Bay next October. source: The Sunday Mail March 27

22/09/2004: "CROCODILE ATTACK BEACH.......Bathurst Bay, North QLD."

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