Two fishermen who were out working on the water had slept inside their boat but woke up frightened after they saw a massive crocodile right beside their boat.
These two fishermen named Jason Charles and David Miegle set out for a weekend fishing trip on the Cato River in the Northern Territory, Australia but had to deal with an aggressive crocodile right on their boat.
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Charles said he awoke with fright at about 5am with his friend screaming “there’s a croc” from the boat which they were sleeping on, which was anchored 100m up the river from Charles’ vessel.
He then looked out of the boat and the big crocodile just 10m away from them. He said that the crocodile was one of the biggest ones he had ever seen and the aggression didn’t help.
“It nearly pulled the motor cover off — there are teeth marks still all on it,” he said.
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He even said that the crocodile definitely looked like he is going to jump on the boat any moment. “I think he was getting ready to launch himself into the boat for a second attack, so I jumped into the front, pulled the anchor up and floored it to where Dave was,” he said.
Bothe the fishermen had not had an encounter like this before and were terrified for their lives. After they managed to move away in the boat, they both had a second to calm down and process the near-death experience they just encountered.
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Charles thought that the crocodile was attracted to the fan he has on his boat and said the crocodile may have been so aggressive because it was the middle of the breeding season.
He said, “He was pretty much telling us to get out of his water. I think we were just in his territory.”
That sure was scary.
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