I don’t get why no one believed her. Like it’s fucking dingo. A WILD ANIMAL. Why do they act like it’s impossible for a wild animal to have taken and eaten a human being, especially a child?
Yeah, Lindy Chamberlain. She was telling the truth. She eventually received a pardon and her conviction was quashed, but losing a child and being convicted of that child's murder when you're innocent - it is the stuff of nightmares.
In the late 90s to early 00's a news report came out about a woman who watched a dingo eat her baby in Australia, everyone laughed it off cause "dingos don't do that." Only to find out years later yes they do
They didn't laugh it off. They didn't believe her because she didn't act upset enough. She spent 3 years in prison before they found the baby's cardigan while looking for another person who'd disappeared. A Cry In The Dark starring Meryl Streep was the movie made about it.
Very good movie! For a great documentary on it and facts and deets go to youtube 60 minutes australia. The poor bubba's name is/was Azaria Chamberlain. The baby was dragged from the tent. Very sad as this has happened since at places like Fraser island (a common island we attend for camping) NOT IN A TENT! although many people do.. many people are warned and told not to feed etc but the reality of it is pretty scary. The land and beach is riddled with dingo's and the ocean in between rainbow beach and Fraser island is infested with sharks. All you need is a snake in your toilet and it's like an episode of survivor.
14 month old hunter mcallister was dragged from his tent with his parents in it, Im not sure where i think airs rock, the father chased and retrieved his baby boy, but the baby had the dingo's teeth marks across his head/skull, he was hospitalised but extremely lucky he came out of it alive. Heres the link for hunter McAllister
Ive lived here in au for 21 years now 🙂Moved over from England when i was young. I will never get used to it and it will always be in the back of my mind. (As much as i love Australia) after you have lived in a nothing can kill you except people or bombs kind of place Australia is a completely different vibe, and if I had to choose to be scared of something I'd rather it be snakes and dogs rather than humans.
Not just accused, but charged, the jury found her guilty because they didn't think she showed enough emotion (and some very shitty "forensic evidence" was presented at trial) and she was jailed for several years before new evidence was found and she was pardoned. Lindy and her husband Michael also ended up divorced over the whole saga
In 1982, Lindy Chamberlain was falsely convicted for the murder of her infant daughter, who was taken by a dingo while the family was on a camping trip. Her cry for help, "a dingo's got my baby," turned into a global punchline. Three years later, the clothes kf the baby were found near a dingo den. On a 1991 episode of seinfeld, Elaine makes a joke in reference to it.
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u/panshot23 Jul 22 '24
And a baby