The remains of a man taken by a crocodile in the Northern Territory's Kakadu National Park have been found.
HUMAN remains have been found inside one of two large saltwater crocodiles shot and killed by Northern Territory police this afternoon - a day after a man was snatched in front of shocked family members while enjoying a day's fishing in Kakadu.
Police say the 62-year-old was with his wife, son and daughter-in-law at Flying Fox waterhole on a fishing trip when he was taken yesterday afternoon around 5pm.
Police said the man was in a boat and washing or emptying a bucket at the time of the attack.
The man's family heard splashing sounds but were not able to save him.
The NT News understands the victim's wife and daughter-in-law drove for two hours to Cooinda to raise the alarm. There is no mobile phone coverage in large areas of Kakadu National Park.
Police gather near the launch point for watercraft on the South Alligator River during the search for a 62-year-old man taken on Saturday afternoon while fishing. Picture: MICHAEL FRANCHI Source: News Corp Australia
Police and Kakadu National Park Rangers conducted spotlight searching through the night, continuing the search with a helicopter and vessels throughout the day.
A 4.63m crocodile was located and shot by Park Rangers shortly after noon and the body recovered.
The remains have been sent for forensic examination.
Commander Bruce Porter of the Northern Command said, "This is a tragic event and our thoughts are with the family during this very difficult time."
Police said the man was not in the water at the time of the attack but investigations into the exact circumstances are continuing.
Senior Constable Wade Rogers on the water during the search. Picture: MICHAEL FRANCHI Source: News Corp Australia
The dark waters of the South Alligator River - the largest river system in Kakadu and one of the most densely populated areas of saltwater crocodiles in the world. Photo: MICHAEL FRANCHI Source: News Limited
Sergeant Andrew Hocking said the area where the man went missing had recently been reopened to coincide with the start of the Dry season.
"The difficulty [with the search] in this location is getting in large boats. We're only able to bring in small boats, but using the expertise of the Territory Parks and Wildlife staff, they managed to help us bring it to a conclusion," he said.
"Thankfully this was carried out and [the victim] recovered very, very quickly.
"They [searches] can be quite difficult and take a number of days sometimes before any resolution."
Police at the staging point during the search for a man taken by a croc on Flying Fox billabong. Picture: MICHAEL FRANCHI Source: News Corp Australia
Sgt Hocking urged visitors to exercise caution when visiting areas known to inhabit crocodiles.
"(There is) always a potential for crocodile attack," he said.
"I encourage people to think carefully about their safety at all times.
"The water is deep in this billabong ... a number of large crocodiles obviously frequent this area."
Sgt Hocking praised the efforts of rangers and police, who worked against difficult terrains and conditions to find the remains in less than 24 hours.
IN JANUARY this year a 12-year-old boy died after being attacked by a crocodile in Kakadu National Park.
Authorities found human remains near where the boy had been swimming with friends in a billabong west of Jabiru.
Another 15-year-old boy had been bitten but was released during the attack.
A saltwater crocodile next to a billabong on the South Alligator River. Source: News Limited
LIST OF CROC ATTACKS
JUNE 7, 2014: A 62-year-old man is taken while fishing with family members at the Flying Fox waterhole in the South Alligator River system in Kakadu National Park.
JANUARY 26, 2014: A 12-year-old boy goes missing after he was taken by a crocodile while swimming behind Mudginberri outstation about 20km west of Jabiru. Another boy, 15, was bitten on the arm but escaped before the croc turned on the other boy in front of friends.
AUGUST 24, 2013: A crocodile killed a 26-year-old man while swimming in the Mary River near the Mary River Wilderness Retreat, about halfway between Darwin and Kakadu National Park.
DECEMBER 1, 2012: A 4m crocodile killed a nine-year-old boy who was swimming with friends at a Territory beach at Port Bradshaw near Dhania outstation, 100km south of Nhulunbuy.
NOVEMBER 16, 2012: A 3m crocodile killed a seven-year-old girl who was swimming at a waterhole at Gumarrirnbang outstation about 110km southwest of Maningrida.
Matt Davis looks at the damage to an outboard motor from a croc attack. The attack happened while Dean Bennett, Matt and John 'Snapper' Curwen-Walker, 46, were sleeping on their boat at the mouth of the South Alligator River in 2012. The crocodile attacked their boat twice, it bit the motor the second time in jumped out of the water. Source: News Limited
FEBRUARY 20, 2011: A crocodile killed a 14-year-old boy playing in a creek with his brothers in Milingimbi 450km east of Darwin.
APRIL 2009: Father-of-two Keith Parry, 20, was killed by a 4m croc while trying to swim across the Daly River, south of Darwin.
MARCH 2009: 11-year-old Briony Goodsell was taken at Black Jungle Swamp at Lambells Lagoon in Darwin's rural area while swimming with her sister and two friends.
JULY 2006: A 5m crocodile killed an eight-year-old girl as she fished with her family on the Blythe River.
SEPTEMBER 2005: Darwin man Russell Butel, 55, was killed off the Cobourg Peninsula, while diving with a mate in Trepang Bay.
SEPTEMBER 2005: A 4m croc killed Russell Harris, 37, while he snorkelled off Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
DECEMBER 2003: A 4m croc killed Brett Mann, 22, while he cleaned his quad bike in the Finniss River, 100km south of Darwin. His two friends spent 22 hours up a tree waiting to be rescued while the croc stalked them below.
OCTOBER 22, 2002: Isabel von Jordan, a 24-year-old student from Germany, was killed by a 5m saltwater crocodile in Kakadu National Park's Sandy Creek billabong while swimming with a group of tourists.
DECEMBER 23, 1998: Peter Munkara, 34, an artist from Melville Island, was found near the island's Paru boat ramp with crocodile bite marks on his body.
AUGUST 7, 1998: The body of a man in his 20s was found in the Roper River, 500km southeast of Darwin, believed to be a victim of a croc attack.
DECEMBER 13, 1997: A man was killed trying to swim across the Daly River, 230km south of Darwin.
MAY 11, 1990: Albert Juzelionas, 43, a Jabiru Telecom worker, was killed while swimming off Groote Eylandt.
OCTOBER 1988: Alex Bururru, 25, of Maningrida, was killed in Cato River near Nhulunbuy, NT.
MARCH 17, 1987: Kerry McLoughlin, 40, a Jabiru storeman, was decapitated by a 5.1m crocodile while wading at Cahills Crossing on the East Alligator River in Kakadu. He threw a beer can at its head to try to escape.
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