A 10-foot saltwater crocodile attacked a hunter in the Australian Outback and clamped its jaws around his leg, releasing him only after the man’s aunt punched the reptile in the snout, according to a report Monday. The victim, 19-year-old Manuel Pascoe, was returning from hunting geese Saturday night when the crocodile, possibly attracted by blood from the dead birds, lunged from a creek and tried to drag the man into the water, The Northern Territory News reported. Other members of the hunting party grabbed Pascoe, but the powerful reptile did not let go until the man’s aunt, Margaret Rinybuma, punched it in the snout.
I don’t think I’d mess with Margaret. |