Noosa News
Pictures show Mark Ridge injuries
A Cairns man has told of his harrowing encounter with a crocodile that had clamped down on his head as he swam at a local lake last week.
Mark Ridge managed to prise the 2.5 metre reptile’s jaws off of his skull and lived to show off his injuries, which includes lacerations on his arms, shoulder and neck as well as a “few holes” in his head.
The 56-year-old freed himself from the beast on Thursday about 11km northwest of Cairns’ CBD at Lake Placid and then swam 400m to shore as the crocodile roamed free in the water.
“It’s been a…
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