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05-18-2016, 08:52 AM
Brave man uses spanners to fight off crocodiles in life-or-death battle
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When in danger, you need to use anything you can to protect yourself.
In a story of true heroics, a 72-year-old man has used spanners and spark plugs to defend himself from an onslaught of crocodiles in Australia's top end in a three-hour ordeal on Tuesday.
SEE ALSO: Australian girl wins right to wear pants at school because it's 2016 (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/girl-wins-right-pants/)
The unnamed man and a 75-year-old friend, **el Ramage, from Bendigo, Victoria were trying to catch crabs in Saltwater Arm, close to Darwin in the **rthern Territory, when disaster struck.*
A crocodile deliberately k**cked their boat over and threw them into the water as they were bringing pots into their three-metre "tinny" boat, according to*ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-18/crocodile-attack-victim-**el-ramage-remembered/7424094). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/crocodile-ordeal-australia/)
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When in danger, you need to use anything you can to protect yourself.
In a story of true heroics, a 72-year-old man has used spanners and spark plugs to defend himself from an onslaught of crocodiles in Australia's top end in a three-hour ordeal on Tuesday.
SEE ALSO: Australian girl wins right to wear pants at school because it's 2016 (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/girl-wins-right-pants/)
The unnamed man and a 75-year-old friend, **el Ramage, from Bendigo, Victoria were trying to catch crabs in Saltwater Arm, close to Darwin in the **rthern Territory, when disaster struck.*
A crocodile deliberately k**cked their boat over and threw them into the water as they were bringing pots into their three-metre "tinny" boat, according to*ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-18/crocodile-attack-victim-**el-ramage-remembered/7424094). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/crocodile-ordeal-australia/)
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