11 Year Old Girl Fights Huge Crocodile To Save Her Friend - Report
A girl from Hwange reportedly helped save the life of her 9-year-old friend by fighting a huge crocodile by poking its eyes till it released its victim Sunday News reports.
The little heroine narrates how they were swimming and saw her friend Latoya struggling to stay afloat and then spotting the huge crocodile grabbing her hand before she leapt to her rescue.
According to the publication, Rebbeca the girl who rescued her friend narrated the story:
We had just left the water when we heard Latoya who was left alone swimming near the neck deep zone screaming that something was biting her hand. Since I was the eldest among the other seven children, I felt the urge to save her. So, I jumped into the water and swam to where she was struggling to float. She was screaming in pain that something was biting and pulling her under
I jumped on top of the crocodile and started beating it with my bare hands before using my fingers to poke its eyes until it released her. Once she was free, I swam with her to the banks where the other children pulled her out of the water. The crocodile fortunately did not attack us after it let off Latoya
Last year a bride to be lost her hand to a crocodile a few days before her wedding in Victoria Falls.
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