Meet Mr Bombastic

Borroloola was on the ABC news a few months back because the children had been tormenting a large salt water crocodile that inhabits the river. The children are convinced that the crocodiles can’t see their black bodies in the water so they won’t get taken when they swim in there.

The first croc they took as a pet was called snowy. He was a large albino croc and was easy to spot in the water. He became so famous that he was relocated to a croc park in Darwin much to the disappointment of the children and some locals. There have been many kidnapping plans hatched but stealing a large albino crocodile is not the simplest thing to undertake

Another croc grew and took his place. His name is Mr Bombastic and the children treat him like they do many pets. They stole some chickens from a farm and threw them live to the 17 foot croc. When they got tired of this, they found some of the camp dogs, and tied them to trees and watched while Mr Bombastic swivelled out of the water, took the dogs in one bite and slunk back into the murkiness. But as children do, they took it one step further and some of the older children convinced some of the younger ones to swing on branches above him so they could watch him erupt from the water with his teeth champing.