Shocking moment a woman stands on water's edge with her dog and taunts an oncoming croc with her THONG 

  • Footage has emerged of a woman taunting a hungry saltwater crocodile 
  • The woman can be seen shouting at the croc while clapping her thongs
  • Local crocodile enthusiast Lyndon Anlezark filmed the confrontation  
  • He said the woman was lucky to escape with her life 

By Daniel Peters For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 01:07 EST, 2 October 2016 | Updated: 07:10 EST, 2 October 2016

This is the shocking moment a woman standing on the water's edge tries to scare off an oncoming crocodile armed with her sandal and flanked by a tiny pet dog.

The footage was taken at Cahill's Crossing in Kakadu National Park, a notorious stretch of crocodile-infested water in Australia's Northern Territory.  

The woman can be heard shouting 'come on!' as she whacks her sandal - before roaring with laughter and then turning her back on the enormous apex predator. 

Local crocodile enthusiast Lyndon Anlezark, who was filming the confrontation from a safe viewing spot above, said the woman was lucky to escape with her life.

A woman has been filmed trying to spook away an enormous saltwater crocodile

A woman has been filmed trying to spook away an enormous saltwater crocodile

The woman casually took one sandal off and slapped it to spook away the oncoming croc 

The woman casually took one sandal off and slapped it to spook away the oncoming croc 

 Local crocodile enthusiast Lyndon Anlezark, who was filming the confrontation from a safe viewing spot above, said the woman was lucky to escape with her life

 Local crocodile enthusiast Lyndon Anlezark, who was filming the confrontation from a safe viewing spot above, said the woman was lucky to escape with her life

'We could have had a death there that day,' Mr Anlezark told the ABC. 

'You don't go near the crossing with small children especially, and definitely not with animals at all.'

Veteran crocodile ranger Gary Linder told the ABC he still had to remind tourists and locals to keep their distance from the reptiles, particularly while fishing.

'Thank God (crocodiles) eat a lot of fish, because they could grab a person here every day of the week if they wanted to during peak visitor seasons,' he said. 

There are almost 130 saltwater crocodiles in the river connected to Cahill's Crossing, where the footage was filmed (pictured)

There are almost 130 saltwater crocodiles in the river connected to Cahill's Crossing, where the footage was filmed (pictured)

Veteran crocodile ranger Gary Linder condemned the behaviour of tourists and locals who believe they are invincible

Veteran crocodile ranger Gary Linder condemned the behaviour of tourists and locals who believe they are invincible

The latest Parks Australia monitoring survey counted almost 130 saltwater crocodiles in the six-kilometre East Alligator River, which connects to Cahill's Crossing.

Many of those crocodiles were healthy adults, some measuring upwards of 4.5 metres.

A recent Northern Territory Government initiative titled 'Be Crocwise' advises visitors and locals to completely refrain from swimming outside of sanctioned areas.

According to a government factsheet, 'All fatal crocodile attacks in the NT in the past 20 years have occurred when people have entered the water outside of designated swimming areas.'

Crocodile numbers in the Northern Territory have skyrocketed to an estimated 100,000 since crocodile hunting was banned in 1971. 

The crossing is regularly flooded -  and crocodiles clearly treat the area as their own

The crossing is regularly flooded -  and crocodiles clearly treat the area as their own

 

 

  

 

 

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