French Fisherman Survives Crocodile Attack in Australia (VIDEO)

A French fisherman, Yoann Galeran, 29, was back on his fishing boat on Monday, just hours after he escaped from the jaws of a young saltwater crocodile who attacked him while he was swimming off a remote stretch of Australia’s northern coast.

he was swimming from shore to a dinghy about 15 meters (50 feet) away on Sunday night when a crocodile between 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) and 2.5 meters (8 feet 2 inches) clamped down on his head and neck and attempted to drown him in a maneuver known as a death roll.

“It went straight away to the top of my head and diving under the water he tried to do that spinning thing,” Galeran said, referring to the drowning maneuver.

“It was going so fast — everything happened in less than five seconds and then I fell free,” he added.

Galeran said that he was lucky to have survived the attack.

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