Thursday, March 1, 2012

NT: Father saves 8 y o girl from jaws of crocodile


AAP General News (Australia)
02-08-2000
NT: Father saves 8 y o girl from jaws of crocodile

An eight-year-old girl was attacked by a saltwater crocodile on Saturday while her
family was hunting for turtles in a stream outside Timber Creek near the Western Australian
border.

Her dad, ROY HARRINGTON, says his daughter MARTINA struggled free from the animal's
jaws when her five-year-old brother PAUL distracted the crocodile by grabbing its tail.

The family had mistaken bubbles and waves in the water for the tell-tale signs of a turtle.

Mr HARRINGTON says …

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