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Independent Singapore
19 hours ago
- Independent Singapore
Sarawak man survives crocodile attack by poking its eyes to escape
Photo: Freepik/kuritafsheen77 (for illustration purposes only) SINGAPORE: A 39-year-old man in Sarawak narrowly escaped death after being attacked by a crocodile while fishing with his family in a lake in Marudi. According to the Malay Mail, Dennis Karon was fishing with his brother and other villagers on Sunday morning (Jul 13), when the incident occurred. The group had crossed the lake by boat to fish and later stopped to have a meal on the shore. At around 10 a.m., they noticed bubbles on the water's surface and initially believed they were caused by schools of fish. Dennis' niece recounted that when Dennis cast a net toward the bubbles, it became entangled. He and his brother jumped into the lake to free it. Moments later, his brother resurfaced, but Dennis was missing. The group immediately became alarmed, boarded the boat again, and began slapping the hull to create noise. Soon, they saw Dennis struggling to rise to the surface in the middle of the lake and realised that he had been seized by a crocodile. See also Bidding on Jho Low's S$344 million yacht ends November 28 Dennis managed to fight off the crocodile by poking the crocodile's eyes and escaped with his life but sustained severe injuries, including a broken right arm and multiple wounds to his head and body. At 4:38 p.m., the Sarawak Civil Defence Force received an emergency call and immediately dispatched a rescue team to the village. They located Dennis at the ferry terminal and rushed him to the hospital for treatment. Dennis' niece added that this was not the first time villagers had encountered such danger. She said there have been three reported cases of crocodile attacks in the area, and in each case, the victims survived by targeting the crocodile's eyes. () => { const trigger = if ('IntersectionObserver' in window && trigger) { const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries, observer) => { => { if ( { lazyLoader(); // You should define lazyLoader() elsewhere or inline here // Run once } }); }, { rootMargin: '800px', threshold: 0.1 }); } else { // Fallback setTimeout(lazyLoader, 3000); } });
Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
Sarawak fisherman escapes death grip of crocodile using eye-poking survival technique
MIRI, July 14 — A 39-year-old man survived a vicious crocodile attack yesterday afternoon by poking the reptile in the eye at Loagan Tebabui, Kuala Tutoh, in Marudi. The victim, identified as Dennis Karon, suffered a fracture to his right arm and multiple injuries to various parts of his body, including his head. The Civil Defence Force (APM) said an emergency call regarding the incident was received at 4.38 pm. An APM team was immediately dispatched to the scene and arrived at approximately 5.30 pm. 'The team arrived at the Kampung Benawa ferry wharf, where the victim was located,' APM said in a statement. 'He was later transported to Marudi Hospital for immediate treatment,' the statement continued. When contacted, the victim's niece, Nurul Hidayah Raffelisia Abdullah, said Dennis, his elder brother, and another villager had used a boat to go fishing in Loagan Tebabui, located across from their village, at around 10 am. 'Before fishing, they stopped to rest and have a meal by the riverbank,' she said. 'Shortly after, they made their way back to the boat to begin casting the net,' she added. 'Just before they boarded the boat, they noticed bubbles nearby and assumed it was fish,' she recounted. Nurul Hidayah said Dennis then cast his net in the direction of the bubbles, but it became snagged, prompting both him and his elder brother to jump into the water to free it. 'After a short while, his brother resurfaced, but Dennis did not appear for several minutes,' she stated. 'They panicked and quickly got into the boat, striking it to create noise,' she explained. 'Soon after, they saw Dennis emerge in the middle of the loagan (lake),' she confirmed. She added that Dennis later recounted how he managed to escape the crocodile's grip by poking it in the eye. 'This isn't the first such incident here,' she noted. 'I believe there have been three crocodile attacks in the village so far, but all of them survived by poking the reptile in the eye,' she said. Nurul Hidayah added that her uncle was transferred to Miri Hospital last night for further treatment. — The Borneo Post
