A man in his 50s who was snorkelling off Queensland has detailed his frightening encounter with a crocodile and how he had to dislodge his head from its jaw.
Marcus McGowan, from the Gold Coast, was snorkelling with his wife and friends at the Charles Hardy Islands about 40km east of Cape Grenville off Cape York Peninsula when he was attacked.
He has now opened up about the incident in a statement released by the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service."While checking out some coral and fish and talking to a fellow snorkeller, I was attacked from behind by a saltwater crocodile which got its jaws around my head," Mr McGowan said.
"The crocodile then attempted to attack me a second time, but I managed to push it away with my right hand, which was then bitten by the croc. Cairns Base Hospital said Mr McGowan was"stable" on Monday after he suffered scalp lacerations and puncture wounds to his head and hand.
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