CROCODILE ATTACKS ABORIGINE
DEEP WOUND INFLICTED IN LEG DARWIN, Mar. 12. Caught in the jaws of a 14-foot crocodile which dragged him beneath the surface of King River," a 23 -yearolu aboriginal known as Micky escaped by gouging the crocodile’s eyes. He and his uncle were s\yimming in the river when they saw the crocodile 15 yards away. Micky tried to reach the bank by swimming under water but when he surfaced for air the crocodile was two feet from him. It attacked, tearing a leg \vith its claws, then dragging him under the water by a leg. He- pounded its eye with his fists, then gouged his thumbs into the eye sockets. The crocodile released him and he fought his way to the surface, but again the crocodile attacked. He gouged its eyes again and it let go but followed him to the bank.
Micky suffered deep wounds in the legs and was unable to walk. His uncle carried him on his back for five days and then took him by canoe to the Mission from where he went to Darwin by hospital plane. He is expected to recover fully.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 126, 13 March 1950, Page 3
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