Aussie falls off horse into croc pit - lives in tree for a week awaiting helicopter rescue

Where's Bear Grylls when you need him? Oh, right, The Marriot :D

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070814/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_crocodile_safety_n;_ylt=AmH_xI2KZrkXaUPDH5IgQlPtiBIF

An Australian man tumbled into a bed of crocodiles and was forced to scurry up a tree where he stayed for seven days before being rescued by a military helicopter.

"Every night, I was stalked by two crocs who would sit at the bottom of the tree staring up at me," David George, 53, an outback cattle farmer told Reuters. "All I could see was two sets of red eyes about six metres away from the tree."

George said he survived on two sandwiches and tied himself to the tree so he wouldn't fall out while sleeping.

Eventually, he said he built a bed between two branches out of leaves, where he spent much of the time dozing, writing a letter to his son and praying to Aboriginal spirits before an Australian army helicopter eventually plucked him to safety.

:shrug: This guy will have quite a tale to tell.

Now that is one tough Aussie ...

x(

:rofl:

remember that old SNL skit? :hi:

It's perfect for his "Oddball" segment.

My butt would be sooo numb. They'd be winching me into the copter and I'd be like, "We gotta go back and get my ass. I left it in the tree."

A tip of my hat to Mr. Sits-in-tree-for-week. Those spirits heeded his call.

:P