Crocodile steals man's chainsaw

[Foxy Brown]

A 4.4-metre crocodile has chased a man up a tree in the Northern Territory while the man was cleaning-up debris left by cyclone Monica.

The owner of the Corroboree Park Tavern, Peter Shappert, says the man was trying to remove a tree that had fallen against the saltwater crocodile pen.

Mr Shappert says the crocodile, named Brutus, managed to take possession of the chainsaw the man was using.

[frblckstr1]

^ yeah I would go up a tree also when a crocodile with a chainsaw was cheasing me 8-)

He says his relationship with the crocodile is also on the rocks.

"We're not seeing eye to eye at the moment," he said.

[ctz]

There's no bigger threat to mangrove forests than crocodile lumberjacks.

[inksquid]

Hope the crocodile didn't nick himself