【衝撃】７１歳のおじいちゃん、３メートルの怪物ワニとの２０分間の格闘から生還 南アフリカ

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要約
南アフリカで７１歳の老人がどうやってワニとの２０分に渡る格闘から生還できたのか！

引退した大学講師のピーター・ノッテンベルトは、孫娘とともに川べりにいた時に、偶然にもワニの背中に足を乗せてしまった。
「私がワニの背中に乗った瞬間、ワニは私の右足にジョーズのように噛みつき、左右に振り回した」
彼の妻と家族が恐怖の出来事を目撃し悲鳴をあげると、近くにいたレンジャーたちが駆けつけた。

「私は自分の右足の骨が砕ける音を聞きました。ワニと格闘している間、この怪物相手に無駄な抵抗だと考えていました」

レンジャーたちがワニを脅かすために発砲すると、ワニは深い水の底へ消えていった。

ノッテンベルト氏はこの格闘で他に胸骨骨折、心臓打撲、六本の肋骨骨折、肺の損傷、右鎖骨骨折などの怪我を負った。

‘I HEARD BONES CRUSH’ Grandad, 71, relives 20-minute fight for life with CROCODILE after stepping on 10ft-long beast

The January attack left Knottenbelt with a broken sternum, bruising to his heart, six broken ribs, a punctured lung and a dislocated right collarbone

By Mike Behr
8th September 2018, 10:53 pm
Updated: 8th September 2018, 11:16 pm

A 71-YEAR-OLD man has recounted how he survived a 20-minute fight with a crocodile in South African.

Peter Knottenbelt accidentally stepped on the 10-foot-long beast while crossing a river in the bush with his granddaughter.

The retired university lecturer said: “The moment I stood on the crocodile’s back it reacted with violence, gripping my right leg in its jaws and throwing me from side to side.”

His wife and family looked on in horror from the river bank.

Nearby rangers heard the family’s screams and dashed to the scene.

“I heard bones in my leg being crushed. While I fought for my life, I thought it was a futile attempt against such a large predator.

“The rangers were shooting into the water close to frighten the crocodile.

“I managed to find its head while it was swimming into deeper water for the inevitable drowning. I forced my thumbs into its eye sockets with all my might.
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