--- title: Australian Man Survives Crocodile Attack by Poking It in the Eyes description: He numbed the pain with beer before later driving himself to the hospital canonical: https://time.com/3415108/australian-man-crocodile-attack-beer/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-21T19:50:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:21.119Z og:title: Australian Man Survives Crocodile Attack by Poking It in the Eyes og:description: Stand aside, Hugh Jackman og:url: https://time.com/3415108/australian-man-crocodile-attack-beer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5fe0dfa9e0fc53/6986a48bf983e7d9aa04fc41/crocodile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Alfred Dunhill Championships - Previews og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Australian Man Survives Crocodile Attack by Poking It in the Eyes twitter:description: Stand aside, Hugh Jackman twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5fe0dfa9e0fc53/6986a48bf983e7d9aa04fc41/crocodile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # World's Most Australian Man Fights Off Crocodile, Drinks Beer as Anesthetic > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) MALELANE, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 09: A crocodile lies in wait by the 13th green during practice before the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club on December 9, 2008 in Malelane, South Africa. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) Warren Little—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Sep 21, 2014 7:50 PM UTC Crikey: a 20-year-old escaped a [crocodile attack by poking it in the eyes](http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/top-end-man-attacked-by-croc-escaped-by-wrestling-and-poking-it-in-the-eyes-then-drank-beer-as-first-aid/story-fnk1w5xz-1227064880372?nk=83ad55a559496dfae2db88f71dc4cd51) and later treating the pain with beer, officials said. The man was hunting geese in the wetlands of a remote part of Australia’s Northern Territory when a crocodile attacked him as he waded into the water to retrieve a goose he had shot. “The crocodile had launched at him, latched onto his right arm and tried to pull him underwater,” duty superintendent Louise Jorgensen told the _Advertiser_. “Like a true Territorian he wrestled the crocodile and was able to shake it off finally by poking its eyes.” When he got back to an outpost station to meet with clinic workers and police, authorities found him noticeably intoxicated and reported that he had decided to treat the pain with Australian lager Carlton Dry. And if that weren’t manly enough, despite numerous puncture wounds and claw marks on his limbs, the man opted to drive to the hospital instead of be flown there by emergency care. \[[_The Advertiser_](http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/top-end-man-attacked-by-croc-escaped-by-wrestling-and-poking-it-in-the-eyes-then-drank-beer-as-first-aid/story-fnk1w5xz-1227064880372?nk=83ad55a559496dfae2db88f71dc4cd51)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3415108/australian-man-crocodile-attack-beer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3415108/australian-man-crocodile-attack-beer/"},"headline":"World's Most Australian Man Fights Off Crocodile, Drinks Beer as Anesthetic","datePublished":"2014-09-21T19:50:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:21.119Z","description":"He numbed the pain with beer before later driving himself to the hospital","url":"https://time.com/3415108/australian-man-crocodile-attack-beer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Australia","WTF"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5fe0dfa9e0fc53/6986a48bf983e7d9aa04fc41/crocodile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea5fe0dfa9e0fc53/6986a48bf983e7d9aa04fc41/crocodile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Alfred Dunhill Championships - Previews","caption":"A crocodile lies in wait by the 13th green during practice before the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club on December 9, 2008 in Malelane, South Africa. 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