Gustave - The not quite so killer croc

The real crocodile from the 2007 film Primeval is called Gustave and is perhaps not quite such as prolific killer as depicted in the film. Travel writer Richard Grant met Patrice Faye (a Frenchman who has studied Gustave for many years in Burundi and who actually gave the croc its name) who immediately defended the killer croc when asked about his alleged 300-plus killings, “No, no, no, this is what they write but it is not true. I have investigated every case for eleven years, and Gustave he has killed only sixty people, maybe even less.” Faye had originally hunted the giant crocodile (estimated to be over a hundred years old, weighing a ton and measuring over 18 feet) and had even shot at him a few times but after he got a really good look at him one day he decided that he wanted to save and protect the large beast. Faye said, “I see this magnificent prehistoric creature, the last of the really big crocodiles. I put the rifle down. I cannot kill him.” Gustave was never captured and has since vanished, presumed dead – but who knows?!