In August 2014, two months after the tragic death of Bill Scott, another fatal crocodile attack shook the Northern Territory.

Lanh Van Tran, a 57‑year‑old fisherman, was on the banks of the Adelaide River with his wife, fishing near the Adelaide River Bridge when his line got snagged in the murky water. Believing the snag was caught on a branch, he waded in to free it. That decision was routine — until it wasn’t. Suddenly a large saltwater crocodile launched from the water and seized him. In Vietnamese he cried out, “Oh my God, I’m dead,” moments before he disappeared beneath the surface. His wife heard the scream and saw the croc’s massive tail turning above the water before everything was gone. Rangers later shot and killed the crocodile known locally as Michael Jackson and recovered some of Lanh’s remains from inside it.

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