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호주의 한 용감한 60세 할머니가 악어에 물려가던 남자를 구하고 자신도 부상했습니다.

퀸즈랜드주 북부의 캠프 멜빌 해변에서 야영을 하고 있던 이 할머니는 옆 텐트에서 부인과 함께 야영하던 34세 남자가 바다 악어에 물려가는 것을 보고 악어 등으로 뛰어올라 이 남자를 구해냈습니다.

새벽 4시에 야영장을 습격한길이가 4m나 되는 350kg 바다악어가 남자를 풀어주고 할머니를 바다로 끌고 가다가 옆 텐트의 또 다른 남자에 의해 사살됐습니다.

악어에 물린 두 사람은 곧 케언즈의 병원으로 후송돼 치료를 받았는데 팔 또는 다리가 부러지는 중상을 입었지만 생명에는 지장이 없다고 합니다.


COURAGEOUS CAMPERS: Bill and Alicia Sorohan(55kg)


Alicia Sorohan is treated by medics after the attack.



호주에서는 지난 70년대에 악어사냥이 금지되면서 악어 숫자가 급증해 국립공원 당국이 캠프장 안전유지에 어려움을 겪고 있습니다.

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Crocodile fighter wins praise

Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Posted: 0539 GMT (1339 HKT)

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- The campers who fought off a 14-foot (4.2-meter) crocodile as it dragged a 34-year-old man out of his tent in northern Australia have drawn praise from a wildlife expert

Gary Zillfleisch praised the "instinctive reaction" of 60-year-old Alicia Sorohan, who jumped onto the crocodile's back to distract it from the man it held in its jaws Monday.

The crocodile let go of the man and turned on Sorohan before Sorohan's son Jason shot it dead.

"They should get a ticket in Lotto," Zillfleisch told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.

"There's no way that that crocodile could have been divested of its victim, because if it is only that short distance they'll soon get you in the water, and then they just hold their breath and you hold yours, and they're going to win."

The attack happened at a beach campsite in Bathurst Bay, about 300 kilometers (180 milles) north of the Queensland coastal city of Cairns.

Sorohan and the 34-year-old man, Andrew Kerr, were both airlifted to the hospital with broken bones after the early morning attack.

"The bravery of that woman is unbelievable -- then she becomes the victim," Zillfleisch said.

The huge crocodile grabbed Kerr as he slept in a tent with his wife at the remote beach campsite. It entered the tent around 4 a.m. Monday and dragged him outside, authorities said.

Sorohan "was also camping there, and she saw what was happening and she jumped on the croc," said Stephen Pemberthy of the Royal Flying Doctors Service.

The crocodile let Kerr go and turned on Sorohan, pulling her toward the water before Sorohan's son Jason shot it dead.

Bill Sorohan, the woman's husband, told the Nine television network that when they heard screams, they thought a dingo (a wild dog) had taken a baby from their friends' tent.

He said they grabbed a torch and went to investigate. "My wife thought the croc had the baby so she grabbed it and jumped on top of the croc," he said.

"The fact that they've grabbed people in tents, it's unusual, but it's not unexpected," Zillfleisch said. "My belief is that maybe campers of a previous visitation had gone there and done the wrong thing: maybe fed fish or had dogs."

Wildlife authorities were investigating whether fishermen dumping bait in the area had attracted the crocodile.

Crocodile numbers have exploded in northern Australia since hunting them was banned in the early 1970s. In 2002, a crocodile in northern Kakadu National Park killed a German tourist as she swam in a water hole.

"They often travel from one water course to the next and use the ocean simply as a crocodile highway, so it's not unusual for them to be swimming along beaches," said Mark Read, from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

"But I'm certainly wondering why this particular crocodile stopped and made a very conscious decision (to) head up the beach."

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/10/13/australia.crocodile.ap/index.html

* 관리자요원님에 의해서 게시물 이동되었습니다 (2004-10-19 14:40)

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