Thursday, March 6, 2008

Crocodile Rock

Not sure how many of you visit Towleroad. So in case you missed this...

...he picked this up from Telegraph out of the U.K.

Crocodile attacks backpacker in Australia
By Nick Squires in Sydney

A backpacker in Australia got the fright of his life when a massive crocodile he was "teasing" suddenly exploded from the water and nearly sank its teeth into him.
The 16 foot-long saltwater crocodile came within an arm’s length of inflicting serious damage to the tourist, if not killing him. Novon Mashiah, 27, an Israeli backpacker, spotted the big crocodile during a fishing trip in the Northern Territory.

Determined to have a picture taken of himself with the crocodile, he posed while leaning out of the back of his fishing boat, pointing towards the predator.
"I began playing with it for a photo,'' Mr Mashiah said. "I was pointing at it when it suddenly jumped up at me - I didn't realise that crocs were so aggressive.''

The "saltie" – which experts believe probably approached the boat in search of a free feed of fish – propelled itself out of the water with terrifying speed. After narrowly missing its prey, it smashed into the side of the small metal boat before plunging back into the water.
"I was shocked - the animal clearly wanted to kill me,'' Mr Mashiah, from Tel Aviv, told the Northern Territory News.
"One minute I was leaning over the boat teasing it for a picture. The next minute it burst out of the water with incredible speed ... its jaws fully open. I was shaking,'' he said.

Mr Mashiah's friend and fishing companion, Doron Aviguy, 22, captured the near-fatal attack from a nearby boat.
The two men were working as fishermen after completing their national service in the Israeli army when they came face-to-face with the crocodile on Friday.

4 comments:

Brettcajun said...

I'll be in Houston tomorrow thru Sunday. I'll be playing LOTS of tennis at Memorial Park on Saturday and some Sunday morning.

"Tommy" said...

well..folks better learn that messing with animals in the wild ...aint good.

the tourist could have been lunch.

we dont pet the alligators on our bayou

Timmy said...

tommy: I actually thought about you and brettcajun when I saw that. I'm sure y'all have dealt with your share of crocs living in LA. Believe it or not, one day a few years ago one came out of Buffalo Bayou and made it's way to Memorial Drive. A cyclist thought it was a piece of wood and attempted to jump over it with his bike. Well...

That croc tried to take a bite out of his wheel.

And don't you know, it made the 600p news.

Anonymous said...

WHAT A DUMBASS!!!