http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9214680%255E1702,00.html

Hunt for croc after girl attack
April 7, 2004

WILDLIFE officers will today launch a hunt for a crocodile that attacked an 11-year-old girl in north Queensland.

Hannah Thompson had been swimming with other children from the back of a boat at Margaret Bay near the top of Cape York Peninsula when the crocodile grabbed her by the arm.

The boat's skipper Roy Turner heard screams and launched himself off the boat and onto the crocodile, gouging the animal's eyes until it let go of the girl.

"I was pitching myself off the boat and I could see the black shadow in the water.

"He came out when I was already launched and I landed right on him," Mr Turner said.

"I landed fair on its back and I got a finger in its left eye, I missed the right eye, but he got a fright and he let go," said the 57-year-old, who hunted crocs in Papua New Guinea more than 30 years ago.

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