{"id":882518,"date":"2026-09-06T21:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882518\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T21:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T21:36:26","slug":"chance-meeting-shot-irwin-to-fame-and-he-was-almost-crocodile-man-the-courier-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882518\/","title":{"rendered":"Chance meeting shot Irwin to fame \u2013 and he was almost \u2018Crocodile Man\u2019 &#8211; The Courier Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgJBVV95cUxPVi1rSE5COWJPZDBLeTJ0R3dETXN1VVNpcUhkaUdMSExhOWotRDBoWVNaaEdndzRDNXplWjhJdEtnZThHT210VzdUdnlUMHk2dUFyM3J0RmRqSHFucVZLNUF2bW9VbkJsMUxHbHh6RzVpTTFadkxVUS1nVC1ubk1zd2pfZklDVG91dkhoUmhPMk5ib0x1eW1qMm45WERsR3ZyMS1OMy1PVUhidHVUc1VtTS1ELXNQVTYyenM0aWJsMndya3ZtOHZrS1NHS0JuZkdvOVh5V2YtN0dRSkROMDM4Ry1meUJHTVZjVlo1TVVmeGFlQmNfRE1yLU5pQVJmY2Z5cUN4RkNxVEtDVzYzak02d2JUMUdRemlfTWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chance meeting shot Irwin to fame \u2013 and he was almost \u2018Crocodile Man\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier Mail<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNR0dBZWRDVS12NkQtV3pPS01Ob2RrdV9zWDRfRDF3aFhlVFBHdUlpeUNxWXYzb0ZQdkcyT2QzcEgzTTFZbDBQU05IT2k4U2JNb0k4OFVYT0owTHRDdmFxRjVLTEhsM09qZ0NyMF9wTW1VS2RsRXNwRzhSNDNZWXN1ekZ3a2JlaklLT3g5OGtFRUtyZEw0bkItbEln?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crocodile Hunter left best mate with scars but not a single regret<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1AFBVV95cUxONmhMa2RNV2dyN2RfTnVHWUZoUGpMOWFpWF9BNEFmQ0NyOWQ3a1dIdVZBQjd3eGpmMkc0Rmk4WUNxR2hkODJxQlNVTXEtR3d2bHFFc2t0R1A4SVdSbVdGY19XUHFrb09FQ29wSG12RmM5enFWcmwzZFczSXFENzRja0MwRDUwQzJVcWVyM1VUU2RLLW1tNnd4X2g5Nmkzc0N1elMwUVZxZk52YjFGTlk5dTVOdUlnUmZMNEpEN09EZWtLSUh1ZU9KOFA4OFBjVGVpZGUxNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018His legacy is love\u2019: Bindi Irwin remembers her father 20 years after his death<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQYnpjNFBTVmtQcENjcUc3dUt4OVdFWUt1RnZUNDFTc3EwdldrRWNVb1RScTBxcjRabkl2VDI2QTNLQWVwZHp2TFI1bVZOczlwczJLeVkzendRSXVPZncwQ1Z1NjNCd2x2Y1d5TWhRQjRUN3VpeXphd2t2bkx4Mm1DVXZwQTlfSkhtcGFwYjVZSXE3OXFiQzMzaEwxdnlBY0lEMGdTY3ZJLWNNd28?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steve Irwin\u2019s emotional final message for crew revealed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6gFBVV95cUxNWFNQSkgySGJLZmlwdXJKREVXaU12MjFsaTJKLVpZeVdKeFc5VW5yZkR6Yk1QQl9NZWItY0N0UlhGdDhmRnNUdmthNFBzSDZ6NlVnY0tpUW1oOVNEbUFlN2FRNHZpZXRMX1d5eTdKZFJMeEJUOFV2TU5OT3REeUJLbkt5WjVxbWNTWEt1UV8zMWV5OGwwMW9FdDVqWlVKZVJIRlU4ZUZwQU90Y29yUi1kd0VxZG5lNnJzMV9HbEZQZm9Lb2lzdUNDQ1prdFp5OUdLTExGY3AyeDFzR1FxNFRkVlA4Nno5UHZwWVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Crikey, what a legacy: Why we all remember the day Steve died<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Cairns Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chance meeting shot Irwin to fame \u2013 and he was almost \u2018Crocodile Man\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp;The Courier MailCrocodile Hunter left best&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-882518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}