Vietnam Veteran taken by Charlie

The poor man spent his 20th or 21st year in a smelly Centurion tank in the Republic of Vietnam with Charlie firing RPGs at him trying to ruin his day. Thirty plus years later Charlie gets him only this time Charlie is a 5.5 meter saltwater croc MONSTER … the crocodile, pictured being tagged three years ago, believed to be responsible for the Cooktown attack. Pic: Professor Gordon Grigg, The University of Queensland. A VIETNAM veteran who had gone to retrieve crab pots after breaking camp in north Queensland vanished yesterday, the first suspected victim of a fatal crocodile attack since 2005.

Arthur Booker, 62, from Logan south of Brisbane, has not been seen since he went to check a crabpot at the Endeavour River Escape campsite near Cooktown, north of Cairns, about 8.30am (AEST) yesterday. Rangers at the campsite believe a 5.5-metre crocodile named Charlie dragged Mr Booker into the river.

For those metric disadvantaged readers 5.5 metres is about 18 feet