Crocodile eats grandmother

AN elderly woman is thought to have been snatched by a crocodile at a creek in northern Australia, police said.

Anne Cameron’s clothes, walking stick and what appeared to be human remains were found near the creek bank, two days after the 79-year- old dementia sufferer wandered from a nursing home.

Police in Port Douglas, Queensland, suspect the grandmother walked into tropical forest and became disorientated.

The remains were found a mile from the nursing home and are being tested by pathologists in Cairns.

The woman’s granddaughter Isabella Eggins posted on social media that the family ‘have the firm belief that my nan Anne Cameron has passed away in tragic circumstances’.

State rangers have set crocodile traps nearby. The reptiles are territorial and killer animals are usually caught near the scene of attacks.

Crocodiles have been protected in Australia since the 1970s, which has led to an explosion in their population.