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Crocodile attacks hunter in Australia
ap ^ | 11-2=03

Posted on 11/02/2003 8:06:02 PM PST by Dan from Michigan

Crocodile attacks hunter in Australia

The Associated Press
11/2/2003, 10:43 p.m. ET

DARWIN, Australia (AP) — A 10-foot saltwater crocodile attacked a hunter in the Australian Outback and clamped its jaws around his leg, releasing him only after the man's aunt punched the reptile in the snout, according to a report Monday.

The victim, 19-year-old Manuel Pascoe, was returning from hunting geese Saturday night when the crocodile, possibly attracted by blood from the dead birds, lunged from a creek and tried to drag the man into the water, The Northern Territory News reported.

Other members of the hunting party grabbed Pascoe, but the powerful reptile did not let go until the man's aunt, Margaret Rinybuma, punched it in the snout.

"I hit him with my fist on the nose and I yelled out 'Help! In the name of Jesus!' and it let him go," Rinybuma told the newspaper.

Pascoe suffered muscle damage to his left leg and was hospitalized in stable condition.

The attack occurred along a creek near the Blyth River, about 250 miles east of the Northern Territory capital of Darwin.

Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest type of crocodile, with some of the reptiles growing to be longer than 20 feet.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crocodile; crocs
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1 posted on 11/02/2003 8:06:03 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
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To: Dan from Michigan
A hunting party? Shoot it maybe. Or did they club the damn geese.
2 posted on 11/02/2003 8:14:20 PM PST by BBell
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To: Dan from Michigan
'Help! In the name of Jesus!'

Even the demons in Hell tremble at the sound of His name.

3 posted on 11/02/2003 8:15:29 PM PST by clee1 (Where's the beef???)
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To: BBell
most bullets are useless against salt water crocs.
4 posted on 11/02/2003 8:20:44 PM PST by armed_in_sydney
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To: armed_in_sydney
Huh??????

I don't know what you hunt with, but I haven't seen the crocodillian that can't be stopped w/ a 12ga slug or a 300 Win mag
5 posted on 11/02/2003 8:27:20 PM PST by clee1 (Where's the beef???)
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To: armed_in_sydney
but punches in the nose by your Aunt are.
6 posted on 11/02/2003 8:29:18 PM PST by BBell
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To: clee1
Just carry a Cassul or Linebaugh and you'll be okay no matter what animal messes with you.
7 posted on 11/02/2003 8:33:06 PM PST by Bogey78O (No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
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To: clee1
Even the demons in Hell tremble at the sound of His name.

It sure wasn't the right jab to the nose that did it.
8 posted on 11/02/2003 8:39:30 PM PST by jwh_Denver (Make me laugh hard enough to have to clean my monitor.)
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To: Dan from Michigan
Upon reading this article again but more closely, I think the hunting party had Manuel's Aunt sneak up and punch the geese in the snout. Therefore no firearms were involved.
9 posted on 11/02/2003 8:41:56 PM PST by BBell
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To: Bogey78O
Yeah, but that darn Casul hurts my hand; and every time I fire it I almost punch myself in the nose. LOL
10 posted on 11/02/2003 8:43:14 PM PST by clee1 (Where's the beef???)
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To: Dan from Michigan
I think the moral of the story is never go hunting without your Aunt Margaret.
11 posted on 11/02/2003 8:43:38 PM PST by EBITDA ("Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not." (Aragorn))
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To: jwh_Denver
Sho wuddent
12 posted on 11/02/2003 8:43:57 PM PST by clee1 (Where's the beef???)
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To: EBITDA
here here!!
13 posted on 11/02/2003 8:49:59 PM PST by BBell
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To: clee1
Well there's always the .17 Remington for thosewho can't handle big guns ;)
14 posted on 11/02/2003 8:50:15 PM PST by Bogey78O (No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
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To: clee1
As a matter of science let's throw him back in with the croc and see what effect beseeching Allah has on the croc.

Just for the sake of science. ;)
15 posted on 11/02/2003 8:51:27 PM PST by Bogey78O (No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
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To: Dan from Michigan
The victim, 19-year-old Manuel Pascoe ...

Didn't know Australia had a border with Mexico too ...

16 posted on 11/02/2003 8:56:45 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: Bogey78O
Well.... ya know what they say: It's not the size of the rifleman's bullet that counts - it's the accuracy with which he deliveres it. < /grin> That Casul really needs to be mounted on wheels. And I thought a .44 Mag was bad. Not even close.

I wouldn't want to test the efficacy of prayers to Allah unless a jen-u-wine raghead was used as the test subject.
17 posted on 11/02/2003 9:04:17 PM PST by clee1 (Where's the beef???)
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To: Dan from Michigan
Stupid moron should of known "salties" were in the area.

I don't feel sorry for the bloke.
18 posted on 11/02/2003 9:05:17 PM PST by TamiPie
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To: TamiPie
Salties can show up anywhere there is water...even in the middle of the ocean, but a mate like you would have known that eh? ;-)
19 posted on 11/02/2003 9:08:56 PM PST by Veracious Poet (Cash cows are sacred in America, just in case you didn't know. ;-)
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To: clee1
but I haven't seen the crocodillian that can't be stopped w/ a 12ga slug or a 300 Win mag

Thats American crocs. Australian crocs are much more tougher.

20 posted on 11/02/2003 10:42:48 PM PST by lowbridge (As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. -Mr. Carlson, WKRP in Cincinnati)
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