An Aussie man who was bitten in the leg by a saltwater crocodile managed to strap up his wounds and get to the local pub in time for a beer before closing time.
Kyle Hutchinson was heading for a swim at Buttons Crossing in Kunnanara when he stepped through what he thought was a small puddle. However, there was actually a huge crocodile waiting in the water.
“I was walking through some rapids down near Buttons Crossing looking for a spot to go for a flick and I sort of stepped into a puddle that you know was a bit murky and I didn’t see into it too well and there was a two, two-and-half-metre crocodile hiding in it, just jumped out had a bite of my knee and took off,” he told 6PR radio.
Hutchinson said the suspected puddle was actually a large hole, and the men had to wade back through it to get to their car.
“We had to cross the rapid again so we didn’t know if it was going to come back around so we got ourselves a big stick and made our way back to the car, so we had to cross a few more bits of water but we made it there and made it to hospital.”
The man said that he couldn’t really feel the pain at first, because of all of the adrenaline pumping through his body.
“I didn’t feel it for about half an hour because my heart rate was racing so quick, so it wasn’t until I nearly got to the hospital that it started paining,” he said.
He added, “I was very lucky, mate, if it was a big one, I could have had no leg or no heartbeat right about now.”
When asked if he head to the pub for a beer after the croc attack, Hutchinson confirmed that he did.
“Sure did, mate, had to be done,” he said.
“A few people came in and had a yarn. I don’t think too many had met someone who had a croc bite, then been to the pub after.”
“We had some croc spring rolls that night — croc burger wasn’t on the menu so we had the spring rolls instead,” he said.
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