Sweetheart (crocodile)
Sweetheart was the name given to a 5.1 metre saltwater crocodile responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia between 1974 and 1979. Sweetheart attacked outboard motors, dinghies, and fishing boats. In July 1979, Sweetheart was finally caught alive by a team from the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission, but drowned while being transported when it became tangled with a log. The crocodile's mounted body is now on permanent display at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.[1]
The story of Sweetheart has been taken with considerable poetic licence by Greg McLean, director of the film Wolf Creek, and made into a film titled Rogue.
References
Col Stringer. The Saga of Sweetheart : The Frightening But True Story of the Giant Rogue Crocodile Who Attacked Over 15 Boats on a N.T. River During the 1970s. Adventure Publications, 1986.