There is an old rule of thumb formula ,You never enter your boat the same time in the same spot more then two times, Crocs will watch you first time, then they take note second time, third time you will be taken, they have had millions of years of evolution, they are efficient hunters.
Can verify, although just camping and fishing from the same spot. 3rd day they appear, every time. I just hope that my first day doesn't follow someone else's 3rd day. lol
Guess what? The Sydney Funnel Web spider can sometimes be found alive and well under the water in people's pools. Their hairy bodies trap a sac of air around them, when submerged, which they can use to breathe. LOL And our jacuzzis are known to sometimes have hungry cougars in them. 😘
@@AverageJoesGardening Yup, I used to be sub'd but too ADD to wait and many were just hype, only a couple were like this. The deepest dive was the first and best one but it ended with a wtf too.
@@christinetuttle8975 this is what he does. if you don't like it, that's so fair. i don't always like it; gotta be in the mood. but sometimes its exactly what i want. he's always been like this, it's his niche.
For all those asking about Rondo: He lost everything in an apt. complex fire about eight/nine weeks ago. He stayed with family through the holidays while he got things sorted out and is due back on the channel soon. He left a message a couple weeks ago in the comment section of Frank's reaction to "Stephen King Movies - CMTOWN". Top comment; you might want to read it to hear the latest from Rondo himself.
@@johnnygallos0939 He lost everything in an apt. complex fire about eight or nine weeks ago. He stayed with family through the holidays while he got things sorted out and is due back on the channel soon. He left a message a couple weeks ago in the comment section of Frank's reaction to "Stephen King Movies - CMTOWN". Top comment; you might want to read it to hear the latest from Rondo himself.
So many people just lack common sense. If your choices are to be a little dirty until you get home, or lower yourself into a dangerous river that's flooded with a fast moving current and crocs, then be dirty until you get home.
Yeah. Having done some growing up in North Queensland (Townsville), there is not a snowballs chance in hell that I would enter the water at a river or the beach. Doesn't matter the time of day or how clear the water might appear. If a croc doesn't get you, a box jellyfish will. Or an irukandji, stone fish, cone shell, blue ringed octopus, stingray, sea snake, shark...
You won't see the croc that catches you. The last thing you'll know is you're being dragged under water. That's when the croc begins the death roll in order to drown you. Then it takes you to its underwater nest and shoves you in tight, lodging you between the logs and branches of its lair. Then its going to let you rot a bit before it comes back to dine on you. Because that's when you taste better. Hence why this hungry croc was still interested in two more human snacks. One for now. Two for later.
yep thats why the crock stayed around as well, it probably left the first body in the roots of that very tree it stays nearby especially if theres another animal around that may steal the prey, it may have seen the two in the tree as threats to its already caught meal as much as it saw them as potential next meals.
That is the Finniss river, it is dark because it is a brackish water, it kind of mixes with sea water, not as salty as the ocean and it is slow moving (outside of floods) so things tend to grow in the water easier when it flows slower. You should avoid this river not just because of Crocodiles, but there used to be a uranium mine that contaminated the river. It might be okay by now, but who wants to test it? Great white sharks can enter brackish waterways but they are not fond of it, they also don't get along with saltwater crocs. Bull sharks are far more common in australian rivers in the northern part of the country, they can handle ocean water, brackish water and fresh water, they tend to go further inland during floods and can get stuck in places (like a golf course) when the flood subsides. As an Australian, I used to swim at beaching (down south) when I was younger but wont swim in anything other than a swimming pool now. I think there is a 1% chance that this story is as they have explained it. Having lived in rural parts of Australia when I was younger, my guess is the kids were drunk and they went out into the water as a dare, realised how stupid they would look to the public when one of them died so concocted a story that is hard to swallow for people experienced with the region. Since they were hunted to near extinction a ban was placed on hunting them and now there are around 150,000 crocs up North, when I was a kid you could swim in most of the rivers and not expect to see one, now they are everywhere and you don't need to be in the water, they are snatching pet dogs from people who walk them too close to edge of river. It is just a case of natural selection, if you plan to keep entering those waterways you are about to be ejected from the gene pool and that probably is a good thing for mankind because we need dumb people to stop breeding. You are just dumb if you enter the water up north.
Man, I'm hesitant to jump in the Florida springs, and they're so clear you can see the bottom, and alligators aren't as aggressive as crocodiles, and the alligators hardly ever go into the clear spring water. That said, no way in hell would I jump into dark water in Australia.
When I was a real little kid, I used to visit my dad in FL for the summer. I loved fishing, so he'd bring me to some ponds where I'd cast from the water's edge. In hindsight, I can't believe I didn't just get snatched up by an alligator. I'm 51 now and I still wouldn't fish there if you paid me.
@jeffmccloud905 Yeah, but like I said, alligators aren't as aggressive as crocodiles. Even American crocodiles in South Florida aren't aggressive compared to the ones in Africa or Australia. Alligators get spooked by all the commotion at the natural springs. I live like 5 minutes from one, and there's never been an alligator attack, and you see the alligators sometimes swim into the clear area and just float by, but you should always be aware of your surroundings, obviously.
I remember Chance the Snapper in Chicago making a huge spectacle. Alligators are not really something to worry about unless you mess around with them. They mind their own business. Crocodiles is one of those top 5 fears I have though.
you're pretty safe if you're not in the tropics if you're in a river/lake - just have to be careful of snakes, but they don't want to get in your way. swimming in a river in the top end is just something you don't do.
Growing up in Australia you're more aware of what's out there and how to deal with it. I'm sure our south of the equator friends in Africa and South America are the same - they have some pretty deadly creatures as well. :)
@@wiseomg I walked around for at least 3 hours with a Sydney Tarantula in my hoodie one day. Didn't know it was there till I felt it move . That's the worst thing that's happened :)
I remember having to fly to Darwin from Sydney, to do some overnight IT work one December (our Summer). Exited the air-conditioned datacenter at around 4am to go back to my hotel, to find it was still 35C (95F) and 100% humidity outside. At 4am! The water coming out of the "cold" water tap was constantly warm enough to comfortably shower under. Couldn't wait to get back home to Sydney!
I just moved to WA and the heat is insane here. the past 3 weeks we have had maybe 3 days under 40 and a few to many days reaching a top of 45-46 degrees. 36 is literally a cold change here
@@MrBibi86 Speak english, lol They tried to convert us but we stay clueless about C vs F 🤣. 45 + 35 = 80 ? That's hot or am I calculating wrong? 80 is a nice day.
@@MrBibi86 LOL, and I used a calculator - you saw all my LOL's right? I used a regular calculater 32F = 0C... but when I used C to F cal 114 - 40 = 68 - yikes As soon as one thinks one is smart, the hand of God says, Um, how about no! 🤣 Still glad i don't live in Australia though, although it is 2° F right now in my loc. What a world!
My family lives in Darwin, we visit every now and then. Those boys would have known full well how insanely risky that was. And yes there is sharks in Australia.
Surfers in Australia take on a similar risk several times a week. We only really talk about the risks at dusk. And we feel much more vulnerable when off our boards where we could be mistaken for seals.
We're with ya Frank. Way to go on with the show! Godspeed Rondo. I have already sen this Mr. Ballen but want to see how you handle it, lol. It's pretty rough.
Good old Australia. If the sharks don't kill you, then the jellyfish will. And if the jellyfish don't kill you, then the crocodiles will. And if the crocodiles don't kill you, then the snakes will. And if the snakes don't kill you, then the spiders will. And if the spiders don't kill you, then...
Frank, your face!!! You're killing me!! BTW your pretty cat scared the crap out of me when she suddenly slinked into frame! I was so intent on watching the video that the movement made me jump! Also, Australia is one of the few places on Earth I have no intention of visiting~ everything there wants to kill you. 🤣🤣🤣
The Northern Territory is something else man. I did a job on one of the Tiwi Islands. We went fishing at a river mouth and that river was the most alive and spooky place I've ever experienced. We had a cliff to fish from, so we were safe but in the space of an hour we saw a GIANT salty, 2x big sharks, a giant manta ray thing that jumped clean out of the water and a groper the size of an oil drum. Crazy shit!
I spent five days in Darwin in the 1980s and had a wonderful time, but I was completely unaware of the wildlife dangers in Australia, except for the advice not to take a nap on the beach.
That cup'o Noodles reminded me of the time I was chilling with friends and the fungi and I made pizza rolls.... I put them on for 90 minutes because I couldn't read, but I saw 90, which would be 1:30. One of my friends pointed out that they've been cooking for a while and, yeah, yeah they have been lol Turns out I was reading the spanish instructions and that's why I couldn't figure it out and made pizza chips. Still ate them, we don't waste lol
I was lucky that when I lived in Australia, I lived on the East Coast. There was an amazing beach not five minutes from my house. Most of my friends had pools at their house. I never swam in any rivers there, there were plenty enough spiders in the pools for it to feel authentic. The worst animal experience I had was getting swarmed by red bull ants after unknowingly stepping on their nest. It was highly terrifying and painful, but not actually life threatening thankfully. The crocs in Northern Australia are super dangerous. I came across animals that could have killed me, like redback spiders and blue ringed octopus, but these animals aren't aggressive at all. Crocodiles fully on go for people and eat them. There was a giant crocodile at the reptile park near Sydney called Eric. Eric had been flow down from Northern Australia, after potentially being implicated in the disappearance of two children. He was left with female crocodiles to mate with, and he just bit off their heads instead. They are amazing, ancient animals, but they should be avoided by humans, as you would a polar bear, a cassowary, or a hippo. It's horrible what happened to this group, but they shouldn't have diced with crocodile infested waters at all.
The redback spider is nowhere near as dangerous as so many people seem to believe. I was bitten when I was 10 while staying with my grandfather. Very painful, but I pulled through just fine without any medical aid (long story, fundamentalist christian grandfather believed that, "doctors meddle with God's work"). The redback spider antivenin has since been found to be more dangerous than the actual spider bite. LOL The antivenin can cause death due to anaphylactic shock. So a shot of adrenaline must be on standby if the antivenin is to be used.
I live in the top end of Queensland and it is full with salties. You will be surprised how many wombats actually do this! If you google you will see locals fishing meters away from salties!!
Arrongance typified for sure. basically after any extended period of rain, creeks watering holes become accessable to creatures that usually inhabit the river. Sheer stupidity.
The movie based on this story is the only horror movie to use a live giant crocodile 🐊 its definitely a super good movie & super realistic!!!!! Its called "black water" i couldn't imagine any actor getting into the actual water with that thing to make a fuckin movie 💯
That's why I roll up nature and light it up I don't visit beyond that. A crocodile that saw Jurassic Park will hunt you down when you go where you don't belong.
I went to Australia a month ago and I didn't even get too close to water in Queensland and Victoria where there aren't supposed to be any crocs. I know too well that here in Sweden bears and wolves often wander down south where they aren't typically found.
They find crocs everywhere! People have gone swimming in beautiful ponds under waterfalls in Aus, that supposedly could never have crocs in them, and have gotten killed. In Florida and throughout the Southern US, any body of water, no matter how small or what the location, can have an alligator in it. I live in a suburban neighborhood and they are in most of the man-made ponds. But unlike Australian Salties, they don't stalk humans and usually are far less aggressive.
Crocs in Victoria would be nothing short of a miracle. It'd be the equivalent of those bears and wolves moving from Sweden to Italy without anyone noticing. Crocs also prefer the heat/sun, so if they're gonna migrate any direction it's going to be towards the equator not away from it. I think they outright couldn't survive a southern winter in Australia, so getting to Victoria would be incredible. More equivalent comparison would be polar bears, they're essentially locked into their environment because they can't handle the heat and are fairly limited in how far south they can go. So it'd be incredible if a polar bear made it's way to Germany, which still would be less distance than a crocodile getting to Victoria.
There is NO body of water (including maybe even a pool) that I would get into in Australia! Ironically I just read a few days ago that an Aboriginal woman in Darwin was killed by a croc while she was fishing in water up to her waist. I read this right after I saw video of a croc in the same area stalking a dog that was running along the beach. There are 150,000 crocodiles just in Darwin! There are only 250,000 people in the whole Northern Territory. There is also a RUclips Short from a few years back that shows a 15-foot croc casually swimming down a creek in an Australian park that advertises all sorts of watersports like kayaking, skiing and swimming! The croc was spotted on the surface by a drone and then it just vanished under the water in a way that you would never know a 1000lb predator was just below the surface. Ain't no way!
a 21yo kid was eaten not far from mine in south australia this week by a great white shark. I use to surf but because these things are protected they've blown up in numbers around our coasts. It's bad now, we should be eating shark fin soup imo.
Yeah mate, hope he went quickly. I'm not sure if it's cos our (or the Noah's) populations grown, but 3 last year. We're on the Fleurieu, see a few out in the boat... l don't surf anymore (age, crowds etc).
In the stories there's witnesses and/or survivors that tell the personal experience. He's great at telling the story, that's why it's addicting to watch.
hes talking out of his ass for dramatic effect - no way he would know so many details to these stories (how many minutes and seconds was between events and what everyone involved was thinking about at every moment).best part was when he was describing what crocodile, that killed their friend, was thinking about lmao
Crocs can't move super fast in currents. I know it sounds nuts but if they had jumped as far downstream as they could and let the stream take them downstream they could slowly angle themselves towards the rivers edge all while moving SIGNIFICANTLY faster than the croc. (they walk on the bottom and move slowly in large currents). That spot right under the tree where the water wasn't moving fast was the only place the croc could stay.
None of this is correct, or really even close to correct. First AI hit from a google search for "crocodile facts" "Yes, crocodiles are often seen in fast-moving water, including rapids and surf. They can move through water at speeds of up to 22 miles per hour (35 kilometers per hour) using their powerful tails." kakadu.gov.au/plan/plan-your-trip/staying-safe/#:~:text=Saltwater%20crocodiles%20don't%20like,re%20safe%20to%20swim%20there. Towards the bottom of the above article are actual facts about crocodiles, to hopefully stop tourist dying in the same area this video is talking about.🐊🐊🐊
Nah the American wilderness is way more dangerous you have mountains lions/Cougars and bears most of the dangerous animals in Australia will run away if they hear you coming.
People who love animals, I subscribe to people who love animals. You clearly love your cat. I have 4. At one point, I was "housing" and feeding 17 cats. It was hard to find good people to give them for adoption. But these 4 are my oldest cats, and they are staying with me, sleeping in the house, eating like kings.
That's too many inside the house sis, u can't hide that smell... Also they have toxo plasmosis which can infect the human brain which causes an unhealthy attraction to having more and more cats. I always pick on my best friend who had 8 about that.😂😂 But hey if you can manage that many or dgaf about the odor...!then u go girl! But how can you give the right amount of attention required to care for that many?
I’ve heard this story before and I believe I’ve seen the movie, so rehearing it the whole time u keep shaking my head going ‘don’t do that…. Uh uh don’t do that…. Don’t do it to yourself….’ 🙄
He left a message a couple weeks ago in the comment section of Frank's reaction to "Stephen King Movies - CMTOWN". Top comment; you might want to read it to hear the latest from Rondo himself. Should be back soon.
There is an old rule of thumb formula ,You never enter your boat the same time in the same spot more then two times, Crocs will watch you first time, then they take note second time, third time you will be taken, they have had millions of years of evolution, they are efficient hunters.
Can verify, although just camping and fishing from the same spot. 3rd day they appear, every time.
I just hope that my first day doesn't follow someone else's 3rd day. lol
@@stevegraham3817 lol
The following list is of water in Australia that is "relatively" safe : Bath tubs, Jacuzzis, swimming pools, bottles of drinking water (end of list).
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As Frank says, at least check the swimming pool first. You could find a snake in there depending where in Australia the pool is.
Guess what? The Sydney Funnel Web spider can sometimes be found alive and well under the water in people's pools. Their hairy bodies trap a sac of air around them, when submerged, which they can use to breathe. LOL
And our jacuzzis are known to sometimes have hungry cougars in them. 😘
@@ashchaya7676 Oh yes! I saw a red bellied black snake swimming on the surface once. Great swimmers.
Out on the patio we'd sit · And the humidity we'd breathe · We'd watch the lightning crack over cane-fields. And laugh and think, "This is Australia"
I feel like mrballen fills in 90% of the details with his imagination lol
Definitely haha
dude just wants to draw out the story as long as possible for total minutes viewed on his channel for money
@@AverageJoesGardening Yup, I used to be sub'd but too ADD to wait and many were just hype, only a couple were like this. The deepest dive was the first and best one but it ended with a wtf too.
@@christinetuttle8975 this is what he does. if you don't like it, that's so fair. i don't always like it; gotta be in the mood. but sometimes its exactly what i want. he's always been like this, it's his niche.
@@TheDaniel-u8x Yea I know, not sure your point.
For all those asking about Rondo: He lost everything in an apt. complex fire about eight/nine weeks ago. He stayed with family through the holidays while he got things sorted out and is due back on the channel soon. He left a message a couple weeks ago in the comment section of Frank's reaction to "Stephen King Movies - CMTOWN". Top comment; you might want to read it to hear the latest from Rondo himself.
Very sad to hear I hope Rondo back on his feet soon. Bye mate from Sth Australia.
Thanks
Keep praying for Rondo folks
What happen..?
I hope he's getting back on his feet, so to speak.
@@johnnygallos0939 He lost everything in an apt. complex fire about eight or nine weeks ago. He stayed with family through the holidays while he got things sorted out and is due back on the channel soon. He left a message a couple weeks ago in the comment section of Frank's reaction to "Stephen King Movies - CMTOWN". Top comment; you might want to read it to hear the latest from Rondo himself.
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@@johnnygallos0939 There was a fire in his apartment complex that destroyed his stuff.
So many people just lack common sense. If your choices are to be a little dirty until you get home, or lower yourself into a dangerous river that's flooded with a fast moving current and crocs, then be dirty until you get home.
Yeah. Having done some growing up in North Queensland (Townsville), there is not a snowballs chance in hell that I would enter the water at a river or the beach. Doesn't matter the time of day or how clear the water might appear.
If a croc doesn't get you, a box jellyfish will. Or an irukandji, stone fish, cone shell, blue ringed octopus, stingray, sea snake, shark...
w0w excellent Mr. Ballen story tonight. thanks Frank. shout out to Rondo.
You won't see the croc that catches you. The last thing you'll know is you're being dragged under water. That's when the croc begins the death roll in order to drown you. Then it takes you to its underwater nest and shoves you in tight, lodging you between the logs and branches of its lair. Then its going to let you rot a bit before it comes back to dine on you. Because that's when you taste better. Hence why this hungry croc was still interested in two more human snacks. One for now. Two for later.
yep thats why the crock stayed around as well, it probably left the first body in the roots of that very tree it stays nearby especially if theres another animal around that may steal the prey, it may have seen the two in the tree as threats to its already caught meal as much as it saw them as potential next meals.
“Kangaroos are like man sized rabbits”, 😂never thought of it like that😂
Or deer that went to prison.
That is the Finniss river, it is dark because it is a brackish water, it kind of mixes with sea water, not as salty as the ocean and it is slow moving (outside of floods) so things tend to grow in the water easier when it flows slower. You should avoid this river not just because of Crocodiles, but there used to be a uranium mine that contaminated the river. It might be okay by now, but who wants to test it?
Great white sharks can enter brackish waterways but they are not fond of it, they also don't get along with saltwater crocs. Bull sharks are far more common in australian rivers in the northern part of the country, they can handle ocean water, brackish water and fresh water, they tend to go further inland during floods and can get stuck in places (like a golf course) when the flood subsides.
As an Australian, I used to swim at beaching (down south) when I was younger but wont swim in anything other than a swimming pool now.
I think there is a 1% chance that this story is as they have explained it. Having lived in rural parts of Australia when I was younger, my guess is the kids were drunk and they went out into the water as a dare, realised how stupid they would look to the public when one of them died so concocted a story that is hard to swallow for people experienced with the region.
Since they were hunted to near extinction a ban was placed on hunting them and now there are around 150,000 crocs up North, when I was a kid you could swim in most of the rivers and not expect to see one, now they are everywhere and you don't need to be in the water, they are snatching pet dogs from people who walk them too close to edge of river.
It is just a case of natural selection, if you plan to keep entering those waterways you are about to be ejected from the gene pool and that probably is a good thing for mankind because we need dumb people to stop breeding. You are just dumb if you enter the water up north.
Man, I'm hesitant to jump in the Florida springs, and they're so clear you can see the bottom, and alligators aren't as aggressive as crocodiles, and the alligators hardly ever go into the clear spring water. That said, no way in hell would I jump into dark water in Australia.
When I was a real little kid, I used to visit my dad in FL for the summer. I loved fishing, so he'd bring me to some ponds where I'd cast from the water's edge. In hindsight, I can't believe I didn't just get snatched up by an alligator. I'm 51 now and I still wouldn't fish there if you paid me.
@jeffmccloud905 Yeah, but like I said, alligators aren't as aggressive as crocodiles. Even American crocodiles in South Florida aren't aggressive compared to the ones in Africa or Australia. Alligators get spooked by all the commotion at the natural springs. I live like 5 minutes from one, and there's never been an alligator attack, and you see the alligators sometimes swim into the clear area and just float by, but you should always be aware of your surroundings, obviously.
I remember Chance the Snapper in Chicago making a huge spectacle. Alligators are not really something to worry about unless you mess around with them. They mind their own business.
Crocodiles is one of those top 5 fears I have though.
@@pfury67 yea I think only like a handful of animals actively hunt humans for food polar bears, tigers and crocodiles are some.
you're pretty safe if you're not in the tropics if you're in a river/lake - just have to be careful of snakes, but they don't want to get in your way. swimming in a river in the top end is just something you don't do.
Growing up in Australia you're more aware of what's out there and how to deal with it. I'm sure our south of the equator friends in Africa and South America are the same - they have some pretty deadly creatures as well. :)
I could deal with most of the deadly creatures, but the spiders you got down under, no, just no, couldn`t handle them🥶
@@wiseomg I walked around for at least 3 hours with a Sydney Tarantula in my hoodie one day. Didn't know it was there till I felt it move . That's the worst thing that's happened :)
@@MDarcy-l7f It would have given me a heart attack i tell you🤣
I remember having to fly to Darwin from Sydney, to do some overnight IT work one December (our Summer).
Exited the air-conditioned datacenter at around 4am to go back to my hotel, to find it was still 35C (95F) and 100% humidity outside. At 4am!
The water coming out of the "cold" water tap was constantly warm enough to comfortably shower under. Couldn't wait to get back home to Sydney!
I just moved to WA and the heat is insane here. the past 3 weeks we have had maybe 3 days under 40 and a few to many days reaching a top of 45-46 degrees. 36 is literally a cold change here
@@MrBibi86 Speak english, lol They tried to convert us but we stay clueless about C vs F 🤣. 45 + 35 = 80 ? That's hot or am I calculating wrong? 80 is a nice day.
@@christinetuttle8975 46C is 115F
@@MrBibi86 LOL, and I used a calculator - you saw all my LOL's right? I used a regular calculater 32F = 0C... but when I used C to F cal 114 - 40 = 68 - yikes As soon as one thinks one is smart, the hand of God says, Um, how about no! 🤣 Still glad i don't live in Australia though, although it is 2° F right now in my loc. What a world!
Brah, 100 % humidity is called rain
My family lives in Darwin, we visit every now and then. Those boys would have known full well how insanely risky that was.
And yes there is sharks in Australia.
Surfers in Australia take on a similar risk several times a week. We only really talk about the risks at dusk. And we feel much more vulnerable when off our boards where we could be mistaken for seals.
Soon, MrBallen's gonna do a story called.........."Missing 411 - RONDO"
😂😂😂😂😂 YESSSSS
We're with ya Frank. Way to go on with the show! Godspeed Rondo.
I have already sen this Mr. Ballen but want to see how you handle it, lol. It's pretty rough.
Nothing's gonna happen.
Famous last words 😂😂😂
25:00 there's also the Cassowary birds that can kill people. They are basically dinosaurs...
I saw a Cassowary take a giant diarrhea squirt shit and then turn around and eat the half digested fruits in it.
Love watching people watch MrBallen lol
Especially Frank!!!
"There are sharks in Australia?" Yes, Frank, yes😅
Only the largest, most aggressive on the planet!!!
They reckon there are 20 thousand bull sharks in the Brisbane River alone 😂
When it comes to crocodiles,caiman,alligators....anything over 10 ft. is a potential man killer.
Cat cameos just make every video way better and that's a fact
Good old Australia. If the sharks don't kill you, then the jellyfish will. And if the jellyfish don't kill you, then the crocodiles will. And if the crocodiles don't kill you, then the snakes will. And if the snakes don't kill you, then the spiders will. And if the spiders don't kill you, then...
I held my breath listening to this, AND IM BLOODY AUSTRALIAN. 😮 Never go near a top end River.
Frank, your face!!! You're killing me!! BTW your pretty cat scared the crap out of me when she suddenly slinked into frame! I was so intent on watching the video that the movement made me jump! Also, Australia is one of the few places on Earth I have no intention of visiting~ everything there wants to kill you. 🤣🤣🤣
We have the same rule down here in South Florida, if there is a body of water, lake, canal, pond etc, always assume there is an alligator 🐊 in it!
If you don’t mind I want to fix the title….
Never swim in any Australian river!!😂
The old saying goes, everything in Australia can kill you.
Especially the house prices
The Finniss River is where Goliath (or whatever that big captive crocs name is)...
This yarn's true, but Mr Ballen polishes it... a lot.
The only people who have trouble with Crocodiles or snakes here in Australia, have been very very unlucky; or very very stupid.
People exaggerate the danger here
Indeed.
Unlike the vicious drop bears that stealth attack people
The Northern Territory is something else man. I did a job on one of the Tiwi Islands. We went fishing at a river mouth and that river was the most alive and spooky place I've ever experienced.
We had a cliff to fish from, so we were safe but in the space of an hour we saw a GIANT salty, 2x big sharks, a giant manta ray thing that jumped clean out of the water and a groper the size of an oil drum. Crazy shit!
You need a crocodile Dundee knife. That’s not a knife. This is a knife😂
Frank turned Rondo into a cat!!!!!
Hope you and Rondo are well bro
I spent five days in Darwin in the 1980s and had a wonderful time, but I was completely unaware of the wildlife dangers in Australia, except for the advice not to take a nap on the beach.
The croc was waiting for them like they were Captain Hook, lmao
That cup'o Noodles reminded me of the time I was chilling with friends and the fungi and I made pizza rolls.... I put them on for 90 minutes because I couldn't read, but I saw 90, which would be 1:30. One of my friends pointed out that they've been cooking for a while and, yeah, yeah they have been lol Turns out I was reading the spanish instructions and that's why I couldn't figure it out and made pizza chips. Still ate them, we don't waste lol
I was lucky that when I lived in Australia, I lived on the East Coast. There was an amazing beach not five minutes from my house. Most of my friends had pools at their house. I never swam in any rivers there, there were plenty enough spiders in the pools for it to feel authentic. The worst animal experience I had was getting swarmed by red bull ants after unknowingly stepping on their nest. It was highly terrifying and painful, but not actually life threatening thankfully.
The crocs in Northern Australia are super dangerous. I came across animals that could have killed me, like redback spiders and blue ringed octopus, but these animals aren't aggressive at all. Crocodiles fully on go for people and eat them. There was a giant crocodile at the reptile park near Sydney called Eric. Eric had been flow down from Northern Australia, after potentially being implicated in the disappearance of two children. He was left with female crocodiles to mate with, and he just bit off their heads instead. They are amazing, ancient animals, but they should be avoided by humans, as you would a polar bear, a cassowary, or a hippo. It's horrible what happened to this group, but they shouldn't have diced with crocodile infested waters at all.
I think you'll find red backs aren't deadly.
The redback spider is nowhere near as dangerous as so many people seem to believe. I was bitten when I was 10 while staying with my grandfather. Very painful, but I pulled through just fine without any medical aid (long story, fundamentalist christian grandfather believed that, "doctors meddle with God's work").
The redback spider antivenin has since been found to be more dangerous than the actual spider bite. LOL The antivenin can cause death due to anaphylactic shock. So a shot of adrenaline must be on standby if the antivenin is to be used.
If i cant see in, i aint jumpin' in...
I’m sooooo tense watching! 😂
Sure we have most of the world's deadliest creatures in Australia, but we learn to co-exist. It's all good 😅😅😅
I live in the top end of Queensland and it is full with salties. You will be surprised how many wombats actually do this! If you google you will see locals fishing meters away from salties!!
You are a VERY emotional watcher, love it! 😂😘
Never swim in ANY Australian river.
22:52 You'd think, but that's a peak example of over confidence. Just like the Metallica song says, Sad But True.
Mr. Ballen shot callin!😊
Finnis river is full of crocodiles
Cat cameo
I've seen both Rogue and Blackwater.
Rogue blew, but Blackwater was excellent IMO. Tense, well-made creature feature.
Thank you for sharing 😊
I live cape york QLD and these lads are just tools for even risking it. Buxton river has best barra and crazy crocs
mmm...barramundi...
@@CassieShakespeare 1.3m barra out of buxton...awesome eating as well
@jaredoliver9347 For real??? That's massive!!! Gotta love barramundi...so delicious 😋😋😋
@@CassieShakespeare Love barra. Very good eating.
They're way ahead of their time too! Being trans and all. 🙂
I grew up in Darwin. Our house was destroyed by a cyclone.
Tracy? 1974?
Happy anniversary!
Crocs, spiders, snakes, scorpions, sharks, and rugged rivers/land. Nope, staying away.
and worse of them all, australia also has bogans
Also box jellyfish, and deadly octopuses.
Funnily enough, our scorpions are not deadly.
I suppose you could be in danger if you suffer from anaphylaxis, but even a bee could kill you if so.
im from far north queensland and mangroves give me the feeling of home... :P
Arrongance typified for sure. basically after any extended period of rain, creeks watering holes become accessable to creatures that usually inhabit the river. Sheer stupidity.
That was so stressful! Oh my goodness
The saltwater crocs can be massive up there
You're on a Ballen roll i love it
An Aussie says something is dangerous and you don't listen...you're gonna probably die.
Complacency is a hell of a human condition.
lol, even swimming pools. I hear ya
The movie based on this story is the only horror movie to use a live giant crocodile 🐊 its definitely a super good movie & super realistic!!!!! Its called "black water" i couldn't imagine any actor getting into the actual water with that thing to make a fuckin movie 💯
The whole time I thought Ashley was a girl. 🤣. I was like damn this Ashley girl is strong as hell!
That's why I roll up nature and light it up I don't visit beyond that. A crocodile that saw Jurassic Park will hunt you down when you go where you don't belong.
hahhaah even swimming pools. I agree!
Cute kitty cat.
That croc was on the lamb cuz he knew what he did to that boy!😮
He shouldna dun Dat, he just a boy
The crocs weren’t the only dangerous animals right? Aren’t there snacks and spiders and other animals that are deadly? I feel bad for them. 😢
These get more & more insane & dark the longer u go on !!!!! Wait till u get to like 3 places vol.20 😂
I went to Australia a month ago and I didn't even get too close to water in Queensland and Victoria where there aren't supposed to be any crocs. I know too well that here in Sweden bears and wolves often wander down south where they aren't typically found.
They find crocs everywhere! People have gone swimming in beautiful ponds under waterfalls in Aus, that supposedly could never have crocs in them, and have gotten killed. In Florida and throughout the Southern US, any body of water, no matter how small or what the location, can have an alligator in it. I live in a suburban neighborhood and they are in most of the man-made ponds. But unlike Australian Salties, they don't stalk humans and usually are far less aggressive.
Crocs in Victoria would be nothing short of a miracle. It'd be the equivalent of those bears and wolves moving from Sweden to Italy without anyone noticing. Crocs also prefer the heat/sun, so if they're gonna migrate any direction it's going to be towards the equator not away from it. I think they outright couldn't survive a southern winter in Australia, so getting to Victoria would be incredible. More equivalent comparison would be polar bears, they're essentially locked into their environment because they can't handle the heat and are fairly limited in how far south they can go. So it'd be incredible if a polar bear made it's way to Germany, which still would be less distance than a crocodile getting to Victoria.
Victorian Crocs. Lol.
@@saintsataniko2116 F'ing BS mate.
Shout out rondo. Get right homie, we miss you.
There is NO body of water (including maybe even a pool) that I would get into in Australia! Ironically I just read a few days ago that an Aboriginal woman in Darwin was killed by a croc while she was fishing in water up to her waist. I read this right after I saw video of a croc in the same area stalking a dog that was running along the beach. There are 150,000 crocodiles just in Darwin! There are only 250,000 people in the whole Northern Territory. There is also a RUclips Short from a few years back that shows a 15-foot croc casually swimming down a creek in an Australian park that advertises all sorts of watersports like kayaking, skiing and swimming! The croc was spotted on the surface by a drone and then it just vanished under the water in a way that you would never know a 1000lb predator was just below the surface. Ain't no way!
" kangeroos are like man sized rabbits" quote of the week
Was waiting for this one! This was the first ballen video I watched.
Been hooked since.
Keep up the great work!
a 21yo kid was eaten not far from mine in south australia this week by a great white shark. I use to surf but because these things are protected they've blown up in numbers around our coasts. It's bad now, we should be eating shark fin soup imo.
Yeah mate, hope he went quickly.
I'm not sure if it's cos our (or the Noah's) populations grown, but 3 last year.
We're on the Fleurieu, see a few out in the boat... l don't surf anymore (age, crowds etc).
How does this guy know exactly in all his stories that he tells know everything? I can only believe the people who lived their experiences.
In the stories there's witnesses and/or survivors that tell the personal experience. He's great at telling the story, that's why it's addicting to watch.
He does his research...
@@CassieShakespeare for sure ✌️
hes talking out of his ass for dramatic effect - no way he would know so many details to these stories (how many minutes and seconds was between events and what everyone involved was thinking about at every moment).best part was when he was describing what crocodile, that killed their friend, was thinking about lmao
Yes, they really should have known.
8 foot tree. 13 foot croc. 😳
My cat got a racoon tail too
Crocs can't move super fast in currents. I know it sounds nuts but if they had jumped as far downstream as they could and let the stream take them downstream they could slowly angle themselves towards the rivers edge all while moving SIGNIFICANTLY faster than the croc. (they walk on the bottom and move slowly in large currents). That spot right under the tree where the water wasn't moving fast was the only place the croc could stay.
None of this is correct, or really even close to correct.
First AI hit from a google search for "crocodile facts"
"Yes, crocodiles are often seen in fast-moving water, including rapids and surf. They can move through water at speeds of up to 22 miles per hour (35 kilometers per hour) using their powerful tails."
kakadu.gov.au/plan/plan-your-trip/staying-safe/#:~:text=Saltwater%20crocodiles%20don't%20like,re%20safe%20to%20swim%20there.
Towards the bottom of the above article are actual facts about crocodiles, to hopefully stop tourist dying in the same area this video is talking about.🐊🐊🐊
Your tripping mate ill watch while you test it out....I love the mythical survival stories
@@jaredoliver9347 Nah, you just put a stick in its mouth like in cartoons 😀😀😀
@@bobsmith-wu2go thumb up its arse like irwin bro
i wouldn't personally be willing to take the chance of just ending up right on top of another one
Nah the American wilderness is way more dangerous you have mountains lions/Cougars and bears most of the dangerous animals in Australia will run away if they hear you coming.
People who love animals, I subscribe to people who love animals. You clearly love your cat. I have 4. At one point, I was "housing" and feeding 17 cats. It was hard to find good people to give them for adoption. But these 4 are my oldest cats, and they are staying with me, sleeping in the house, eating like kings.
Shout out to you giving them the best life possible 👏🏽👏🏽
Yup, Frank is a good man.
You had 17 cats in your house at one time?
That's too many inside the house sis, u can't hide that smell... Also they have toxo plasmosis which can infect the human brain which causes an unhealthy attraction to having more and more cats. I always pick on my best friend who had 8 about that.😂😂 But hey if you can manage that many or dgaf about the odor...!then u go girl! But how can you give the right amount of attention required to care for that many?
17 cats in your home is absolutely disgusting
In Australia touch the water if it feels wet there a gator in there
Rondo isnt a crock guy. For the first time im glad hes not here for this one lol
Here for it!
Crocodile is still at large. Thanks to our justixe system!
mangroves should just be called "warning signs" or "cautionary tales".
I’ve heard this story before and I believe I’ve seen the movie, so rehearing it the whole time u keep shaking my head going ‘don’t do that…. Uh uh don’t do that…. Don’t do it to yourself….’ 🙄
Saltys YUM YUM 🤘🇺🇲🇺🇲🤘
Pacific African or Indo Pacific Crocodile, they grow huge!
Heeeeeeaps of sharks.. Bull sharks have a special gland that allows them to survive in brackish water.. I think bears and mountain lions are scary.
Same here in the states. Bulls are everywhere. They’re in every river in Florida.
Kitty Sighting! 💕 Zeus
I’ve seen rogue . Pretty good movie
Is rondo ever gonna be back? I miss the guy hope he’s doing okay
He left a message a couple weeks ago in the comment section of Frank's reaction to "Stephen King Movies - CMTOWN". Top comment; you might want to read it to hear the latest from Rondo himself. Should be back soon.
I remember the river that is really narrow and immediately sucks you down and drowns you. I think it's in the U.S.
it was in the uk iirc
UK, yeah. It's called the Strid/Bolton Strid.
We finally getting any places that aren't underwater, or SURROUNDED by water (e.g., islands)?
Damn, bro. I didn't know you have a cat.
77 min noodles would prob dry out and catch on fire, also pretty kitty.
Probably submersible death spiders