Flashermac Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 29 Oct 2007 CANBERRA (Reuters) - Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had a sixth sense that he would die young, his American wife Terri said on Monday. More than a year after the Khaki-clad naturalist died from a stingray's barb that pierced his heart, Terri Irwin told Australian television she had always tried to deflect her 44-year old husband's darker moments. "He wasn't morbid about it, or awful about it, he was open and earnest about it. We've got to accomplish everything we can," she told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television's Enough Rope series. "Steve had a real sixth sense about so many things. He had an odd connection with wildlife. He was extraordinarily intuitive with people. I found it all very, I don't know if 'eerie' is the word, but remarkable, certainly." Terri Irwin is writing a book about her life with her husband and said she had always tried to joke about Steve's premonition that he would die before he reached 40. "I think that's an interesting angle, the risks that he took," she said in the interview broadcast on Monday. "I would analyze that through our whole married life, and I have to tell you, I very infrequently worried about Steve with wildlife because he was that good. "For him, the risks really in my mind were more the places he would travel, the modes of transportation, political unrest, disease risk, these sorts of things where he was filming." She said Irwin became more aware of the risks he took with animals after having his first child Bindi, who now aims to carry on her father's wildlife legacy. "He wanted to be here for the kids, and yet he always had that feeling something was going to happen early on," Terri said. "He was such a frightening force of nature here on Earth. I'm sure he's out on his way to sink some Japanese whaling ships right now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongchaiyai Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Aparantly he went to a FT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had a sixth sense that he would die young, his American wife Terri said on Monday.... Anyone who spends their life harrassing poisonous snakes, crocodiles and other dangerous creatures has a very good change of dying young. No real need for a sixth sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 A bit more common sense maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchapstick Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Aparantly he went to a FT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had a sixth sense that he would die young' date=' his American wife Terri said on Monday....[/quote'] Anyone who spends their life harrassing poisonous snakes, crocodiles and other dangerous creatures has a very good change of dying young. No real need for a sixth sense. Remember the commercial for a shipping company that had him being bitten by a poisonous snake? Guess they pulled that one quick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Yeah not a surprise really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Jack Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had a sixth sense that he would die young' date=' his American wife Terri said on Monday....[/quote'] Anyone who spends their life harrassing poisonous snakes, crocodiles and other dangerous creatures has a very good change of dying young. No real need for a sixth sense. LOL My thoughts exactly. If the headline had been "Stamp Collector Believed He'd Die Young" or "Professional Russian Roulette Player Believed He'd Live to be 100" it might have carried a bit more impact. :smirk: jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 Jack old pal, Care to hazard a guess as to how much longer we might have? Frankly, I think my time here is short. May well be passed my shelf date and on borrowed time. I figure when I am finally called to that great red light district in the sky, and I meet god, right before he looks me in the eye and says "...what the fuck are you doing here...?" I will ask him "God, why such high barfine prices and where do these whores get off asking 3K for short time...?" His answer should prove interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 << May well be passed my shelf date and on borrowed time. >> Who'd you borrow it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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