A 19-year-old man is recovering after a crocodile grabbed him while he was asleep in a tent in Australia's Northern Territory.
Peter Rowsell was on a camping trip with his family at Palm Creek when the attack happened.
He says he woke up early on Monday morning to find the animal biting his foot, before it dragged him to the river bank.
The teenager says he managed to escape the jaws of the reptile by hitting it on the head "once or twice" with his hand.
The croc, described by Mr Rowsell as being three to four metres long, then slid back into the water.
His sister, who had been sleeping in the back of a truck parked nearby, heard him screaming and raced to help.
He was then driven to the nearest hospital, about two hours away.
Doctors at Katherine Hospital have been treating him for puncture wounds to both feet.
Dr Louise Harwood said: "'I think considering everything, he is doing quite well. He could consider himself lucky. It may take a week or two before he's up on his feet."
She added that while Mr Rowsell had lost some blood, his wounds had been fairly easy to treat with antibiotics.
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