Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NHULUNBUY, Australia, April 22 (UPI) -- A French fisherman working in Australia said he was able to fight off a crocodile that grabbed him by the head. Yoann Galeran, 29, said he was swimming to retrieve a dingy in Nhulunbuy's Gove Harbor after dark Sunday when he felt the crocodile grab him by the head, the Darwin newspaper the Northern Territory News reported Monday. Advertisement Galeran said the croc dragged him underwater and started spinning him around. "With my hand I touched the body of the croc underneath the skull," he said. "I pushed him and had the chance to escape. The fisherman said the crocodile only had a hold on his head for about a second, but he discovered upon reaching the dingy that he had two puncture wounds on the back of his neck and three or four puncture wounds on the sides of his head. Galeran was treated at Nhulunbuy Hospital and released. Read More Police: Florida couple made $90K from baby formula thefts Pennsylvania inmate to make new bunk beds for prison '420' cleanup costs $10,000 in San Francisco park First black bears of the season spotted in Anchorage Iceland students create 'Incest Spoiler' Android app Man survives fist fight with crocodile 'Crocodile Dundee' missing $34 million, allegedly stolen from tax haven [VIDEO] Gator attacks 6-year-old in South Florida Police: Chicago man tried to sell gator online Alligator seized from Illinois home