While we’re on the topic of battles with beasts…
Roger Matthews is a freelance crocodile hunter in the Northern Territory of Australia. Crocs are back in a big way in the Northern Territory. Matthews’ job , which he’s been engaged in for 30 years, is to deal with problem crocs — those that are eating cattle off of remote stations or are a threat to human-folk. He doesn’t get paid — he gets to keep hides and skulls, which command a pretty penny out there in the world of commerce. He’s featured in another one of those outstanding VICE News short documentaries.
Quite a gig, eh?
Paul McNamee says
Yeah. Now I’m getting the urge to write a man vs. beast/monster story.
I do, in fact, have a story in the wings featuring a Tarzan-esque battle with a giant alligator. The story might see the light of day, one day, but it’s locked up for reasons beyond my control at the moment.
JimC says
Well THAT’s intriguing on a couple of levels…
lane batot says
Hmmmmm….I’m intrigued too! I’d happily–for FREE of course–give critter geek advice, if you were interested(which no author of movie director I’ve tried to correct ever has been…..). Curious if the “locked up” reasons have anything to do with the copyright on Burrough’s Tarzan character? That has been a bugbear for many–but then, you only said “Tarzan-esque”, which may not involve the “REAL” Tarzan….But if it does, and you get the okay, and it’s involving an ALLIGATOR, you realize Tarzan will need to have the encounter(IF it’s in the wild) either in North America, or in China, where the only other species of alligator lives–a rather small, shy, and endangered reptile. Otherwise–if in Africa–Nile crocodiles would be the way to go! Just sayin’…..