“It was only when I panned the camera back that I saw Steve standing in a huge pool of blood that I realized something had gone wrong.”Īs it turned out, the jagged barb “went through his chest like a hot knife through butter,” Lyons revealed, adding that the reports reports that it had been pulled out while they were still underwater were false. “I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away and I didn’t know it had caused any damage,” Lyons told an Australian TV station. SHOCKING footage of the moment Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray remains hidden from the public as mystery surrounds the tapes location. As they were filming at the time, the deadly strike was captured on video. Irwin, famous for his daring stunts with dangerous animals, was filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland in 2006 when he died. Lyons was filming Irwin for a special called “Ocean’s Deadliest,” and after eight days of filming crocodiles and other animals, the pair focused in on a ray - normally a very calm animal - which started to stab its tail rapidly and wildly.Īlso read: Discovery Sued Over Fatal Reality TV Helicopter Crash On September 4, 2006, Steve Irwin was fatally attacked by a stingray while filming a documentary off the coast of Australia. The cameraman who filmed the death of Steve Irwin has revealed how the Australian 'Crocodile Hunter' was stabbed '100 times' by a stingray within seconds. Justin Lyons, Irwin’s underwater photographer and best friend, has opened up about watching the famed “Crocodile Hunter” be killed by a stingray’s barb through the chest. Seven and a half years after his tragic underwater death, Steve Irwin’s final words have been revealed.
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