While we have yet to find the original source of this picture, we did find a scan of it that seemingly shows its original caption: 'Miss Cross and Mr Joynt near crocodile, Roper River 1914, CMS Hart Collection, Darwin.' The picture was likely taken in 1914 along the banks of the Roper River in the Northern Territory of Australia. This photograph was actually taken decades earlier and shows a crocodile of undetermined size that appears larger due to forced perspective.
However, it was not 28 feet long, nor was it killed in 1957. This is a genuine photograph of a crocodile. An old photograph showing a relatively large crocodile is frequently shared on social media accompanied by the caption: 'The only known photograph of the 28-foot crocodile that was killed in Queensland, Australia in 1957':
