AUSTRALIAN DIVER PRIES CROCODILE OFF HIS HEAD

An Australian man had to pry a crocodile’s jaws off his own head over the weekend. Marcus McGowan, 51, of Queensland, was snorkeling off the Charles Hardy Islands with his wife and friends on Saturday when he felt what he initially thought was a shark. Then he realized it was just a crocodile. McGowan was able to pry its jaws open just far enough to get his head out. The crocodile attacked a second time, but he managed to push it away, although it bit his right hand. He swam to the safety of the boat which was coming after they heard his screams for help. He was airlifted to a hospital and treated for scalp lacerations and puncture wounds. McGowan, an experienced diver, said he was just “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
* He means anywhere in Australia, between midnight and 11:59 pm.
* “He thought it was a shark but it was just a crocodile.” Just a crocodile. Spoken like a true Australian.
* And as he walked out of the hospital, he was attacked by dingos. That’s just how it is there.
* Other than that, how was the snorkeling trip?