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Father tells how he fought off crocodile attack in waterhole (protecting his daughters)
news.com.au ^ | 13th February 2011 | Samantha Healey

Posted on 02/13/2011 1:36:58 PM PST by naturalman1975

A FATHER of three has told how he fought for his life with a 3m crocodile that dragged him under at a north Queensland waterhole.

Weipa miner Eddie Sigai said he desperately kicked, punched and gouged the crocodile after it latched on to his left hand as he swam with his daughters Jennifer, 17, and Monica, 12, at Beening Creek last Saturday.

"I thought to myself, this is it, I am dead," the 37-year-old told The Sunday Mail.

"But it's surprising what you can do when all you can think about is the safety of your children.

"It grabbed my hand and pulled me under the water so I was sitting and all I can remember is grabbing it, shaking it, punching it and going for its eyes."

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After the brief attack which "felt like it lasted forever", Mr Sigai screamed to his daughters to get out of the water.

He grabbed Monica and threw her to safety on to the bank. He was unable to drive, so Jennifer climbed behind the wheel and drove her injured and bleeding father to the Weipa Hospital in second gear.

He spent two days in hospital with bite marks on his left hand and deep scratch marks down his back.

"Looking back now I am still piecing it together," Mr Sigai said. "I close my eyes and I just see it coming out of the water at me.

"I am just glad it didn't go for one of the girls, but I tell you what, it will be a while before I get back in the water . . . if I ever do."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: australia; crocattack; crocodile

1 posted on 02/13/2011 1:37:01 PM PST by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975

Sounds like a bad idea...


2 posted on 02/13/2011 1:46:58 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: naturalman1975

3 posted on 02/13/2011 1:50:08 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post.)
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To: naturalman1975; Fred Nerks

Down under “PING”

Truth or fiction?


4 posted on 02/13/2011 1:51:04 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: naturalman1975

I figure he is lucky he was in shallow water sitting , if it was deeper water and the gator started rolling over and over, he never would have made it back.


5 posted on 02/13/2011 1:54:34 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Candor7

Australian Crocodile Attacks
Near Misses And Incidents

http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/crocodile-attacks.html


6 posted on 02/13/2011 1:59:51 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: naturalman1975

There should be a word for Crocs like that: “Luggage.”


7 posted on 02/13/2011 2:34:16 PM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: naturalman1975
so Jennifer climbed behind the wheel and drove her injured and bleeding father to the Weipa Hospital in second gear.

Is the vehicle that they used the one pictured behind him?

8 posted on 02/13/2011 2:48:25 PM PST by PAR35
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To: naturalman1975
Life in OZ always has the risk of interacting with the local reptiles. Strangely alcohol seems to figure into the equation for some of the incidents.
I doubt that was the case in the original story but for your consideration.
http://www.news.com.au/tourist-fights-off-croc-during-drunken-swim/story-e6frfkp9-1111114679348
BTW I believe half a slab means a 12 pack
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/7574442/man-jumps-into-broome-croc-pond/
9 posted on 02/13/2011 3:21:02 PM PST by Polynikes (Haakkaa Paalle)
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To: Fred Nerks
Sound like there are a few fun places there!

Thanks for the great link!I am falling in love with the Aussie frontier. Sounds like one would need to have the proper equipment in the boot of ones automobile:

Photobucket

10 posted on 02/13/2011 3:59:06 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Candor7

Old bushie crocodile keeper at a tourist venue near Cairns told me...

never go anywhere there are crocs without a stick and a hat...when the croc opens its mouth, throw your hat into it’s mouth, that locks his jaws...and then you can poke his eyes out with the stick!


11 posted on 02/13/2011 4:32:50 PM PST by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Sounds like a plan! LOL.

I guess most people do not know how fast they can move in the hotter months.


12 posted on 02/13/2011 5:26:25 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: naturalman1975

Idiot, cannot read.


13 posted on 02/13/2011 6:03:47 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: naturalman1975

so he is 37 and his oldest daughter is 17, did he have conceive her at age 10?


14 posted on 02/13/2011 7:07:16 PM PST by Dominic01 (Political correctness has become a psychosis)
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To: Dominic01

nevermind, he was 20, i read that wrong


15 posted on 02/13/2011 7:07:56 PM PST by Dominic01 (Political correctness has become a psychosis)
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To: naturalman1975

Is he being charged with animal abuse?


16 posted on 02/13/2011 7:11:25 PM PST by msamizdat (The only justice is vigilante justice)
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To: Candor7
I agree with your sentiments, but I don't like to work that hard. How about this:

Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum

17 posted on 02/14/2011 12:54:42 PM PST by jimt
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To: jimt

If you can convibce the Gun Control freaks in Australia’s government agencies to let you carry it, BY ALL MEANS , go for it.

The S & W 44 mag is a very fine weapon.


18 posted on 02/14/2011 5:41:32 PM PST by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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