Michael Newman, a Drunk Australian rides Fatso, 16 Feet long Crocodile but Ended with Torn Apart Leg

Michael Newman, 36 years old Australian tried to ride a 5m (16ft) long crocodile has
survived his encounter but unfortunately or luckily, he escaped with severely wounded leg. Fatso succeeded in tearing chunks of flesh from him as he straddled the reptile. Newman is recovering in hospital, police say.
He had been chucked out of a pub in the town of Broome for being too drunk. He climbed over a fence and tried to sit on the 800kg (1,800lb) saltwater crocodile.

Sgt Roger Haynes of Broome police told journalists: "Fatso has taken offence to this and has spun around and bit this man on the right leg. The crocodile has let him go and he's been able to scale the fence again and leave the wildlife park."

Malcolm Douglas, the park's owner, said that the crocodile was capable of crushing a man to death with a single bite. "The man who climbed the fence was fortunate because Fatso was a bit more sluggish than normal, due to the cooler nights we have been experiencing in Broome," said Mr Douglas.

"If it had been warmer and Fatso was more alert, we would have been dealing with a fatality."

"No person in their right mind would try to sit on a 5m crocodile, Saltwater crocodiles, once they get hold of you, are not renowned for letting you go."

The man staggered back to the pub bleeding heavily.

Pub manager Mark Phillips said staff told him that the man reappeared at about 11pm with bits of bark hanging off him and flesh gouged out of his limbs.

"They said he had chunks out of his legs and things like that," Mr Phillips told The West Australian news website.

An average of two people are killed each year in Australia by aggressive saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to 7m (23 ft) long and weigh more than a tonne.