|
Osker246
Stranger


Registered: 07/10/03
Posts: 1,479
Loc: Washington
|
Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead
#6026444 - 09/03/06 11:04 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
THE Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead.
He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today.
It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest.
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured.
Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas.
Irwin's body is being flown to Cairns.
It is believed his American-born wife Terri is trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and is yet to be told of her husband's death.
Irwin - known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter - is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!".
The father of two's Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992 and has been shown around the world on cable network Discovery.
He has also starred in movies and has developed the Australia Zoo wildlife park, north of Brisbane, which was started by his parents Bob and Lyn Irwin.
Tributes have already started pouring in for the larger-than-life character.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who used a photograph of his family at Australia Zoo for his official Christmas card last year, hailed Mr Irwin for his work in promoting Australia.
Irwin was heavily involved in last year's "G'Day LA" campaign.
"The minister knew him, was fond of him and was very, very appreciative of all the work he'd done to promote Australia overseas," a spokesman said.
A Tourism Queensland spokeswoman said the death was shocking and paid tribute to Irwin's "enormous contribution" to his adopted state.
Louise Yates said it was impossible to quantify how much Mr Irwin had meant to the Queensland tourism industry.
"I don't think we could even estimate how much he brought us through his personality and his profile and his enthusiasm about Queensland," she said.
"It would be difficult to estimate how much he was worth. And it would be difficult to underestimate."
She said Irwin had been a larger-than-life ambassador.
"It's not just what he brought but what he took with him when he travelled, his passion."
Australia Zoo, on southeast Queensland's Sunshine Coast, employs more than 500 people and attracts thousands of visitors every day.
But Ms Yates said it would be "unfair and unjust" to put a dollar value on Irwin's worth to the state, because of how much he had given.
With The Courier Mail and AAP
The crocodile hunter was a baddass show too
|
Banez
Stranger


Registered: 09/23/05
Posts: 15,181
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Osker246]
#6026448 - 09/03/06 11:05 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
yeah we were just discussing this over on IRC
|
Osker246
Stranger


Registered: 07/10/03
Posts: 1,479
Loc: Washington
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Banez]
#6026455 - 09/03/06 11:09 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Its hard to believe that shit. He's the last person I would of thought of being killed from an animal. All those years of messin with crocs made him seem invincible in my eyes.
|
nightkrawler
explorer


Registered: 06/18/04
Posts: 2,980
Loc: new england
Last seen: 5 years, 6 months
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Osker246]
#6026464 - 09/03/06 11:11 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
wow, his zoo is 5 min from me. i was hoping to see him when i went there. guess not anymore
--------------------
  Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R. Tolkien
|
Mitchnast
Toadmonger


Registered: 10/27/99
Posts: 8,656
Loc: Okanagan
Last seen: 15 days, 3 hours
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: nightkrawler]
#6026478 - 09/03/06 11:17 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
my wife is drinking wine with the neighbor, i just read this and ran next door and yelled "CRIKEY! GUESS WHOS DEAD!"
they both were all "OH NOOOOOOOO"
|
Turn
Hey Its Free!

Registered: 12/14/04
Posts: 367
Loc: The fabled catbird seat
Last seen: 13 years, 9 months
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: nightkrawler]
#6026480 - 09/03/06 11:18 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Thats awful, he was such a cool guy and really loved wildlife. And did he die tonight? That was very quick reporting.
|
Dety
Old No.7

Registered: 09/14/04
Posts: 1,685
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Turn]
#6026483 - 09/03/06 11:19 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Turn said: Thats awful, he was such a cool guy and really loved wildlife. And did he die tonight? That was very quick reporting.
lol yeah he was on the ball. 
Reports: 'Crocodile Hunter' dead - CNN - 10 minutes ago Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead - Stuff.co.nz - 31 minutes ago
|
PJDIDDLE

Registered: 10/17/02
Posts: 2,837
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead *DELETED* [Re: Osker246]
#6026486 - 09/03/06 11:20 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Post deleted by scriptReason for deletion: Apparently so
|
Dety
Old No.7

Registered: 09/14/04
Posts: 1,685
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: PJDIDDLE]
#6026490 - 09/03/06 11:21 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
script said: Damn is this shit for real? Link?
Link 1
Link 2
|
HELLA_TIGHT
Madge the Smoking Vag


Registered: 08/19/03
Posts: 84,387
Loc: Afghanistan
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Osker246]
#6026491 - 09/03/06 11:22 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
--------------------
|
The_Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins


Registered: 04/06/04
Posts: 1,382
Loc: The Shire
Last seen: 16 years, 10 months
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
#6026506 - 09/03/06 11:27 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
He was a cool guy.
So what is a stringray barb and how did it go through his chest?
-------------------- Smoking my hobbit leaf... Please keep in mind that I am just a human being. Please read my posts carefully and interpret their meaning for yourself.
|
Mitchnast
Toadmonger


Registered: 10/27/99
Posts: 8,656
Loc: Okanagan
Last seen: 15 days, 3 hours
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: The_Hobbit]
#6026510 - 09/03/06 11:29 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
a stingray is a flat member of the shark family with a long poisonous spine on its tail, when threatened by a madcap aussie, they whip the spine straight for the heart, injecting a lethal toxin.
|
Osker246
Stranger


Registered: 07/10/03
Posts: 1,479
Loc: Washington
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Mitchnast]
#6026517 - 09/03/06 11:34 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
How the hell does a stingray know where a human heart is at? Thats what I wanna know.
|
swatchyoself
Stranger

Registered: 11/27/05
Posts: 72
Last seen: 13 years, 3 months
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Mitchnast]
#6026519 - 09/03/06 11:35 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
those fuckers can get huge
|
Mitchnast
Toadmonger


Registered: 10/27/99
Posts: 8,656
Loc: Okanagan
Last seen: 15 days, 3 hours
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Mitchnast]
#6026522 - 09/03/06 11:36 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|

in steves name we should do whatever we can to completely wipe out these little bastards! then, check crocodile hunter footage for animals that have attempted to kill Steve Irwin, then make them summarily extinct too, steve would have wanted it that way.
|
kosmic_charlie
Truckin' in style


Registered: 03/18/01
Posts: 5,203
Loc: Deep Elem
Last seen: 25 days, 11 hours
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Osker246]
#6026526 - 09/03/06 11:38 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
This is sad news. Sting rays have always scared the hell out of me.
--------------------
Goin' where the water tastes like wine.
|
Mitchnast
Toadmonger


Registered: 10/27/99
Posts: 8,656
Loc: Okanagan
Last seen: 15 days, 3 hours
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Osker246]
#6026530 - 09/03/06 11:39 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Osker246 said: How the hell does a stingray know where a human heart is at? Thats what I wanna know.
I betcha he got tipped off by paul hogan
|
PJDIDDLE

Registered: 10/17/02
Posts: 2,837
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead *DELETED* [Re: Osker246]
#6026558 - 09/03/06 11:59 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Post deleted by ScriptReason for deletion: .
|
THE KRAT BARON
one-eyed willie
Registered: 07/08/03
Posts: 42,409
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: Osker246]
#6026561 - 09/04/06 12:02 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
I can't wait for the murder conspiracy theories to surface. 
rip croc hunter
-------------------- m00nshine is currently vacationing in Maui. Rumor has it he got rolled by drunken natives and is currently prostituting himself in order to pay for airfare back to the mainland but he's having trouble juggling a hairon addiction. He won't be back for a long while.
|
KingOftheThing
the cool fool


Registered: 11/17/02
Posts: 27,397
Loc: USA
|
Re: Daaaaamn! Steve Irwin is dead [Re: PJDIDDLE]
#6026566 - 09/04/06 12:03 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
this is horrible, not the croc hunter?!!?!? god who is nexT?? austin stevens snakemaster? jeff corwin?? the buggin with ruud guy?? oh man i loved his show
|
|