A 60-year-old man in Australia’s Queensland escaped the jaws of a huge crocodile after he stabbed the reptile with a pocket knife.
Gatekeepers News reports that the man was fishing on the banks of a remote part of the McIvor River, near Hope Vale, on Wednesday when the incident happened.
According to Parks and Wildlife officers, the man had seen a bull standing on part of the bank he wanted to fish from so he shooed it away, but as he prepared to cast his line, a crocodile lunged out of the water and knocked him over.
The reptile then clamped its jaws around his boots and started dragging him down the bank. The man who had reportedly grabbed a mangrove tree branch had to let go when he lost the strength to hold on to it.
It was gathered that the man used his pocket knife to stab the reptile in its head repeatedly before he went into the water. The crocodile eventually let go and the man scrambled back up the bank to safety.
The man was said to have driven himself to Cooktown hospital and from there he was flown to Cairns, where he is recovering from his injuries.
Department of Environment and Science experts spoke to the man in the hospital and found his injuries consistent with a crocodile attack. They believe the animal was attracted to the area by the bull.
The department said due to the remote location of the property and lack of public access they won’t attempt to catch the crocodile.
