Social media users are convinced they have seen footage of Steve Irwin's death ... trends now
It has been almost two decades since Steve Irwin's death, but interest in the conservationist remains high.
The TV personality was tragically killed in September, 2006 at the age of 44, when a stingray's barb pierced his chest while filming in the waters off Port Douglas, Queensland.
While footage was of the event was captured, it has never been released to the public. However, many fans online remain convinced they have seen it.
One user recently took to Reddit and claimed they can vividly remember watching the clip as a child.
'I think I may have seen it online, a time where internet restrictions were a little looser and was a little easier for a little boy to come across a tragic video if he really cared about the goings on,' the post read.
It has been almost two decades since Steve Irwin's death and many fans online believe they have seen footage of the tragedy. Pictured: Steve Irwin feeding a crocodile at Australia Zoo
One user recently took to Reddit and claimed that can vividly remember watching the clip: 'I think I may have seen it online, a time where internet restrictions were a little looser,' the post read. Pictured: Steve with wife Terri Irwin
Many commenters in the post agreed that they had seen the same clip and have vivid memories of it.
'I remember seeing the same video however it was on a national news broadcasting but cut off closer to when he was about to get hit by the stingray,' one commenter wrote in response to the Reddit post.
'I remember it being on the news also but a longer version was floating around on the web,' wrote another Redditor.
'Video was him swimming with the rays, then one swims close and video freezes and incident is not shown but text appears,' one more recollected.
Yet another claimed to have seen the fatal blow,
