1999-The 'real' Crocodile Dundee dies in shoot-out with cops

[MechAg94]

http://www.freep.com/news/nw/qcroc5.htm

I saw this link. I saw someone mention the real crocodile dundee was killed by Australian police a while back. I thought the suggestion was it was because he didn't give up his guns. Anyway, this article paints a very different picture. I wanted to know if anyone else had some other information.

The way it went down doesn't sound like he wanted to survive if he was that good a bushman.

About 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, two police officers were preparing to dismantle a roadblock that they had set up in hopes of capturing the unidentified attacker, when a motorist stopped to ask for directions.

Suddenly shots flew from the roadside, wounding the motorist in the back and piercing Huitson's bulletproof vest. His partner returned fire, killing Ansell.

The attack left police searching for a motive. "If this person wanted to ...escape he could have easily done that. He was a bushman," Daulby said.

 

[c_yeager]

I thought the suggestion was it was because he didn't give up his guns. Anyway, this article paints a very different picture.

Did you think to ask why the police where trying to capture him in the first place?

 

[MechAg94]

I don't know. The article just mentioned some stuff that he had done. I was curious if anyone knew more.

 

[rhubarb]

Dude! If you're ever stranded on a desert isle, don't forget your rifle!

Ansell became a local hero in 1977 after his boat was swept out to sea and beached on a small, deserted island. He was stranded for two months with little more than a rifle and his two dogs. He survived by shooting sharks and wild buffalo for food and drinking their blood, since there was no potable water on the island.

 

[Bruce in West Oz]

Ansell was on pot and speed. He was paranoid, delusional. He was also (many suspect) totally "Troppo"; i.e. mentally unhinged after living too many years in the wilds of the Tropics.

His "dream" had been shattered when his entire buffalo herd had been ordered destroyed by the government in its efforts to wipe out Brucellosis in the Northern Territory.

Anyway, you can read the whole story here if you want:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s55944.htm

 

[280PLUS]

Wow, good read bruce. thanx!